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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1911. 



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FoKKsT Pathway With Young "llEvt.\ 



FORF.GROUND. 



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from its own little brass muzzle-loader. Then when a second 

 shot was fired, the yacht dipped its colors in acknowledgment 

 of the extraordinary honor paid by observant officials. Ac- 

 cording to regulations a third gun. that one shotted, should 

 have been tired point blank at tlie offender and would have had 



the backing of International Law. But the visitor was an 

 American, good naturcd and ignorant, and so they good humor- 

 edly let it go up the river and come to anchor without damage. 



Tliere are many newspapers in .Surinanic — so called "daily's" 

 — six of them. I was not able to fathom tlie exact date of pub- 

 lication as they seemed to vary. As nearly as I could figure it, 

 one came out Monday, none were published Tuesday, two ap- 

 peared Wednesday, and for the rest of the week they either 

 appeared singly or in bunches, as editorial enterprise directed. 

 I was interviewed by one of the newspaper men, but he cer- 

 tainly misunderstood some of my remarks. It was not my in- 

 tention to give him the impression that my visit to Dutch Guiana 

 was for the purpose of cornering the rubber and balata market. 

 I had kept that a profound secret, even from myself, and how 

 he discovered it I have no means of knowing. The newspaper 

 story made me very popular, however, and I had many oppor- 

 tunities to purchase bushlands, going-to-be plantations, and 

 gone plantations. One kindly old 'black Dutchman looked me 

 up very early one morning and after profound apologies defer- 

 entially suggested that I loan him money with which to pur- 

 chase an estate which he would sell back to me at a very satis- 

 factory figure to himself, once the papers were passed. He 

 was perfectly satisfied with my refusal, his reward being in his 

 consciousness of being a man of business and liandling large 

 affairs just as a white man would. 



The visitor to Paramaribo by steamer may liave twenty-four 

 hours in the city, if he so elect. The steamer makes a landing in 

 the morning at the company's pier, where it discharges pas- 

 sengers and cargo. That afternoon or evening, at the captain's 

 pleasure, it drops down stream to Nieuw Amsterdam to meet 

 the banana barges, getting away the following afternoon about 

 four. Passengers who wish to stay over one night in the city 

 may join the steamer by private launch or by the mail boat that 

 leaves at 2 o'clock. I am w-riting this in detail as no one 

 on the Dutch boats seems to know this, or, at least, no two 

 know it alike, and it sometimes makes a difference in one's plan- 

 ning if one know's whether a boat stops twenty-four minutes or 

 twentv-four hours. 



"Hevea Guvanensis" With Rain Guard Over Tapped Surface. 



IIkrring Bonk Tapping, "Hkvea Guvanensis. 



