GLIMPSES OF ASIA 



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Photograph by Plate, Ltd. 



ANTISKID AIDS FOR A POPULAR CLIMB IN CEYLON 



The areca, or betel palm, shown in the illustration is a versatile provider. Ivory beads 

 are imitated in betel-nut ; cordovan shades are obtained in tanning and dyeing through the 

 use of areca catechu. One out of every ten men in the world dyes his teeth and much of his 

 environment brick red with the astringent juice derived from chewing chopped areca-nut, 

 wrapped in a lime-smeared leaf of the betel vine. 



