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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Jane 4, 1874. 



are subjected during the drying process to great pressure, with- 

 out which they would take the shape of the others. After their 

 first exposure to the sun, the squares are disposed one on the 

 top of the other, just like the planks of deal in a timber-yard, 

 and are kept level by means of heavy weights laid on the pile. 



The next day the squares of bark are put back again in the 

 sun for a short while, then back again into the press, and so on. 

 In this state they are left at last. 



" ' But the work of the eascarillero is not nearly finished, 

 even when the preparation of the bark is over ; his spoil has to 



te conveyed to the camp. With a heavy load upon his shoulder, 

 he has to retrace the intricate paths that he traversed with 

 difficulty without his burden. I have seen more than one 

 district where the bark had to be CEirried through the wood 

 during fifteen or twenty days — it is difficult to conceive how 

 Buch labour can be properly remunerated. 



" ' The care of packing the bark, which devolves upon the 

 overseer, is no unimportant part of the labour. He arranges 

 the different loads, as the cutters bring them into the camp, 

 in parcels, which are sewn up in woollen-canvas packing.' 



" In this condition the bales are transported on the backs of 

 men, asses, or mules, to the town depots, where they are packed 



