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VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



juice , s collected into a receptacle, and is then used 



the poisoning of arrows. The baking process of 



hese inhabitants of the woods is similar to that de- 



scribed above with this only difference, that, being 



Indians jireparing Cassava. 



The roots of sweet cassava are eaten by the In- 

 dians after roasting them in hot ashes, and without 



* Narrative of an Expedition to Surinam, vol. i, p. 405. 



