XVII.] 



INDIA-RUBBER VINES. 



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out from a solid block of wood, the outside being modeled with 

 adzes like those used in bowl-making, and the inside by chisel- 

 shaped pieces of iron, with wooden handles three feet long. 



, DEUM AND IDOL. 



"We passed through many strips of thick and intricate tangled 

 jungle. The creepers were principally india-rnbber vines, with 

 stems the thickness of a man's thigh ; and in cutting them 

 away, iu order to clear a passage, we were well bedaubed with 

 the sap, which was very plentiful. Indeed, sufficient india-rub- 

 ber to supply the wants of the civilized world might easily be 

 collected here. 



June, 



1874. 



All the villages possessed fetich huts, with little carved idols, 

 under whose protection they were supposed to be ; and in fields 

 rougher idols were placed, to watch over the crops. Offerings 

 of pombe and corn were often made to these images, and on oc- 

 casions of harvesting or sowing, a goat or a fowl was sometimes 

 lavished upon them. 



