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PiAssAVA.^ The history of the piassava industry in 

 Liberia is somewhat extraordinary. Piassava is the fibre of the 



* This word is of Brazilian origin. A similar fibre is yielded by a Brazilian 

 palm nearly allied to the RaJ>hta. 



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