LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. SMOKING WILD RUBBER ON A PADDLE IN THE BRAZILIAN 



FOREST ----- Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



2. TAPPING WILD RtJBBER-TREES IN THE FOREST NEAR PARA, 



BRAZIL ------- 1 



3. LANDOLPHIA STEMS ; YOUNG STEMS SHOWING FOLIAGE AND 



FRUIT ------- 8 



4. TAPPING A RUBBER VINE, BELGIAN CONGO - - 11 



5. NATIVE COAGULATING JELUTONG - - - - 14 



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



GERMAN NEW GXHNEA - - - - - 17 



7. BALATA BLEEDERS LEAVING SPROSTONS' STELLING AT ROCK- 



STONE, BRITISH GUIANA - - - - 24 



8. A BALATA BLEEDERS' CAMP - - - - 27 



9. TAPPING BALATA - - - - - - 30 



10. RUBBER AND TEA ESTATE IN CEYLON - - - 33 



11. (1) CEARA RUBBER- TREE IN CEYLON; (2) PARA RUBBER- 



TREES, TWENTY-SEVEN MONTHS OLD, CEYLON - - 40 



12. (1) CLEARING THE JUNGLE IN MALAYA; (2) READY FOR 



PLANTING HEVEA RUBBER - - - - 43 



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



RUBBER IN MALAYA - - - - - 46 



14. PAY-DAY ON A RUBBER ESTATE, MALAYA - - 49 



15. A GENERAL VIEW OF TAPPERS AT WORK ON A CEYLON 



ESTATE - - - - - - - 56 



16. TAMIL WOMAN TAPPING RUBBER-TREE UNDER SUPERVISION 



OF A KANGANY, ON A CEYLON ESTATE - - 59 



17. (1) PARA RUBBER, SEEDS AND PODS i (2) TAMIL COOLIE 



PLANTING RUBBER - - - - - 62 



18. CARRYING LATEX TO FACTORY IN MALAYA - - 67 



19. MAKING RUBBER BISCUITS - - - - 70 



20. SHEET RUBBER DRYING IN A FACTORY ON THE PASIR 



OETJING ESTATE, JAVA - - - - - 73 



21. MAKING CREPE RUBBER ON A CEYLON ESTATE - - 80 



22. FINISHED FOR THE DAY - - - - - 83 



23. SAMPLING BOLIVIAN RUBBER AT BULL WHARF, LONDON - 86 



24. TAKING LATEX TO THE FACTORY BY BULLOCK-CART IN 



MALAYA - - - - • On the cover 



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