LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. SMOKING WILD RUBBER ON A PADDLE IN THE BRAZILIAN 



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2. TAPPING THE WILD RUBBER- TREES IN THE FOREST NEAR 



PARA, BRAZIL - - - - - - 17 



3. A BALATA BLEEDERS' CAMP - - - - 24 



4. NATIVE COAGULATING JELUTONQ - - - - 33 



5. TAPPING A RUBBER-VINE, BELGIAN CONGO - - 40 



6. (1) TAPPING RUBBER- vine; (2) EXTRACTING GUTTA-PERCHA, 



NEW GUINEA - - - - - - 43 



7. BALATA BLEEDERS LEAVING SPROSTONS' STELLING AT 



ROCKSTONE, BRITISH GUIANA - - - - 46 



8. (1) CEARA RUBBER-TREE IN CEYLOX ; (2) PARA RUBBER- 



TREES, TWENTY-SEVEN MONTHS OLD, CEYLON - - 57 



9. (1) WEEDING YOUNG RUBBER IN MALAYA; (2) LOADING 



RUBBER IN MALAYA - - - - - 64 



10. (1) PARA RUBBER SEEDS AND PODS; (2) TAMIL COOLIE 



PLANTING RUBBER .... - 67 



11. CARRYING LATEX TO FACTORY, IN MALAYA - - 70 



12. TAMIL WOMAN TAPPING RUBBER-TREE UNDER SUPERVISION 



OP A KANGANY, ON A CEYLON ESTATE - - - 81 



13. MAKING RUBBER BISCUITS - - - - 83 



14. MAKING CREPE RUBBER ON A CEYLON ESTATE - - 86 



15. SAMPLING BOLIVIAN RUBBER AT BULL WHARF, LONDON - 83 



16. TAKING LATEX TO THE FACTORY BY BULLOCK-CART IN ^tj 



MALAYA .... 



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