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“The trees are all wild, and it will take some years to allow 
them to grow sufficiently to gather from again. Another r reason 
a ith 
the former, is that a lar rge number of the Caucheros, or rubber 
gatherers, have dus tothe Jurua and other Brazilian rivers, 
whence, however, there are grounds for saying the bulk of them 
willreturn. Asar du the Caucheros are not familiar with the 
collection of Jebe, or fine rubber, but they are learning, and 
kgs e n ey return io fen will probably devote more attention 
lately. es is petes by tapping the trees, a cer 
of which are placed under the control of a mira RR visits 
them didi Y collect the yields.’ 
