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channel, which in its turn was joined by several 

 oblique cuts 24 to 30 inches apart, made on either 



High-tapping Funtumia (Mabira Forest). 



side as the daily tappings proceeded until the whole 

 space, measured by the vertical cut, was gradually 

 manipulated. The milk flowed from the oblique 



