G.3G KESIX-TAPPIXG. 



be removed only by a scraping implement. This substance, 

 mixed with chips of wood, is termed hurras. AMien collected 

 according to Hugues' method, hardly any (talipot is produced, 

 the residue being chiefly hurras. 



After the pot has become sufficiently filled with crude resin, the 

 collector empties it into a kind of basket (rscoiiurtc), holding about 

 20 liters {41 gal.) and made of rough cork, with wooden hoops, 

 an osier handle and a round piece of wood for its base ; at the 

 same time he scrapes oft' the Imrras, which falls on to a cloth 

 spread below the tree to receive it. The resin is then conveyed 

 to reservoirs (humms), formed of half-casks let into the ground 

 alongside the forest roads, with removable, sloping wooden 

 covers, which keep out the rain and impurities. The hurras is 

 either mixed with the crude resin in the harcous, or packed 

 separately in palm-leaf baskets, imported for the purpose from 

 Algiers or Egypt. From the reservoirs the resin is ladled out 

 into casks, and carried to the factories in carts with very broad 

 wheels, on account of the sandy nature of the roads. It is, 

 however, proposed to improve transport of both resin and timber 

 in the Poorest of La Teste, by constructing a tramway to Arcachon, 

 about 12 miles distant. 



2. Implements used. 



Various implements are used for cutting grooves, remonng 

 the crust of resin from the trees and conveying the produce to 

 the factories. 



An ordinary axe is used for trimming the bark before the 

 grooves are cut. 



A curved axe (uhsrhot), with a short handle (fig. 281), is used 

 for cutting and freshening the surface of the groove. The blade 

 should be sharp as that of a razor, so that the resin-ducts may 

 be cleanly cut. Its irregular shape renders it an instrument 

 difficult to construct and use ; it can be used skilfully only after 

 long practice, and experience in India shows that better work 

 can be done there with an ordinary adze. 



The scraper (pclle) (fig. 282) is made of iron, topped with 

 steel ; it is fixed to the end of a wooden handle a yard long. It 

 is used for scraping the lower portion of the grooves, and 



