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“biscuit” rubber. This is classed, , according to the oo in 
which it is produced, as “Islands” and “ Up-river, * hard- 
cured” and *goft-cured." The medium qualities E uei 
e jerai in which there are occasion ally some streaks of white 
scrapings from the trees, mixed with the residues from the 
collecting pots and vessels, are made up into large, irregularly 
rounded balls and form a third grade known as *sernamby " or 
* negrohead " the latter from the fancied resemblance of the mass 
to the head of a neg 
The NE of implements used in the preparation of Para 
rubber here given were prepared from articles in the Kew 
Museum, and are kindly lent by the Editor of the Phara 
Journal :— 
ies USED IN COLLECTING AND en PARA RUBBER 
(H 
evea) IN BRAZ 
A. Small se with cutting edge about 1-inch vu 
P Small earthenware cup placed below incision to receive the late 
: Calabash e Pai ried by the seringuiero, in which is Soilse the fae from the 
4 Bean Ak a cala bash used to pour the latex over the paddle 
F. Wooden Linc ne to the right before use, to the left with a first layer of 
H. Cutlass em to collect the nuts of the Urucuri palm (Maximiliana regia), 
