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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  THE 
  GREATEST 
  ASPHAET 
  PRODUCER 
  IN 
  THE 
  WORLD 
  PITCH 
  TAKE, 
  TRINIDAD 
  

  

  The 
  pirates 
  often 
  sought 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Trinidad 
  to 
  calk 
  their 
  boats 
  with 
  the 
  pitch 
  which 
  

   was 
  here 
  so 
  plentiful. 
  Along 
  Caribbean 
  coasts 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  formerly 
  quantities 
  of 
  the 
  

   substance 
  melted 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  then 
  congealed 
  in 
  great 
  heaps, 
  resembling 
  small 
  islands. 
  

  

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  Publishers' 
  Photo 
  Service 
  

  

  A 
  CARIBBEAN 
  CONTRIBUTION 
  TO 
  THE 
  STREETS 
  AND 
  HIGHWAYS 
  OE 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  

  

  The 
  remarkable 
  Pitch 
  Lake 
  of 
  Trinidad 
  furnishes 
  a 
  million 
  dollars 
  in 
  revenue 
  for 
  its 
  

   people 
  car]) 
  year. 
  Columbus 
  noted 
  "that 
  abundance 
  of 
  stone 
  pitch 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  ships 
  of 
  the 
  

   world 
  might 
  be 
  therewith 
  laden 
  from 
  thence." 
  lie 
  found 
  it 
  excellent 
  in 
  trimming 
  his 
  vessels. 
  

  

  