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but think, howsyon. ne a plan suggested to M. Lefebvre by a 
series of experiments in the spring of this year (sample of the 
result of which I map and will forward at a later date,) offers 
decided advantages over any other 
M. Lefebvre's method.—The milk is put into a barrel with a tap 
at the bottom, and three parts of pure limeless water are added to 
every part of milk. After Manis for twenty-four hours the 
water is drawn Off through the tap and the process repeated twice 
more. "The well ] washed milk is then pressed slowly in a finely 
sampl 
prepared is difficult to distinguish from the smoke-coagulated Para 
rubber which at pen leads the market. 
e preparation of Castilloa E t. Peco by Morris 
(Golews of British Honduras, p. 76), as f 
* At the close of the day the ake Wee collects all the 
“ milk, washes it by means of water, and leaves it standing till the 
“next morning. He now procures a quantity of the Ais: of 
“the inoon-plant (Calonictyon speciosum), pounds it into a mass, 
“and throws it into a bucket of water. After this decoction has 
* been strained, it is added to the rabber-milk, in the proportion 
“of one pint to a gallon, or until, after brisk stirring, the whole of 
“the milk is coagulated. The masses of rubber ie gd on the 
id ERA are now strained from the liquid, kneaded into cakes, 
“and placed under heavy weights to get rid of all watery particles. 
* When perfectly drained and dry, the rubber cakes are fit for the 
* market, and exported ge ibid: inc asks.’ 
The idea respecting the preparation of rubber, as suggested 
above by Mr. Millson, without the aid of the moon plant or of 
new. In the Report on the Caoutchouc of Commer. rce, PE 
Collins published in 1872, it is stated that if the juice of plan 
not “abou two parts of water are added to one part of 
and allowed to stand for 12 hou he residue which 
* the watery portion allowed to evaporate or otherwise di isappear. 
* The ye when dry, is subjected to pressure in order to get 
id." 
D. M. 
