D. peu earthenware pot vene which the day's collection of latex is poured 
reparatory to coagulatio 
Mezzo. 
G. Earthenware stove under which a fire of palm nuts is kept up. The latex 
on the paddle after exposure to the heat and smoke, omenia at the top, 
is coagulated and assumes a firm texture and dark colo 
FUTURE PROSPECTS. 
Mr. Churchill discusses these as follows (p. 26) :— 
* Some people suppose that the supply of Sere rubber 
may become exhausted in the near future. The most competent 
authorities are not at all of this opinion, but cents that the 
pply is inexhaustible, because the Hevea is continually being 
ed 
; c 
The district of Cametá, on me iver Tocantins, gave an excellent 
rani of rubber. There was a special quotation a it in the 
fore markets. This " district, however, is now Shell, 
eine for about 40 years thousands of men have ipod) its trees. 
All new-comers flocked to Cameta to make their fortunes. There 
are still many districts that have iot been tapped. 
“ The area that is cai to produce Para rubber amounts to at 
least 1,000,000 square miles. Further exploration, will, no doubt, 
show that this area is under-estimated, 
