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same localities as the Beriliolletias, but the capsule is rather different : 

 instead of being pyriforni, or pear-shaped, it is urn-sbaped, — hence, its name 

 of Pot-plant — opening by a sort of lid, which falls off, leaving a large 

 ojjening sufficient for the nuts to fall out. So eager are the monkeys to 

 obtain the nuts, that they will thrust their hand into this opening, which 

 they do with difficulty, and grasp the nuts ; but the orifice which admitted 

 the empty hand will not allow the egress of a full one, and the animal will 

 torment itself a long time rather than relinquish its hold. The Indians 

 avail themselves of this cupidity to entrap the monkeys. They open the 

 lids of several capsules, and then throw them under the trees ; the greedy 

 monkey will not be satisfied with one pot, but will thrust its hands into 

 two, and will not relinquish its hold ; the encumbrance renders its capture 

 easy, and has led to a saying amongst the Brazilians equivalent to our 

 ' old birds are not caught with chaff ;' it is ' he is too old a monkey to be 

 caught by a cabomba,' the capsule being called by them a caboinba. 



" The Sapucaya nut is long, rather curiously, but slightly curved in the S 

 form, and the surface is deeply wrinkled longitudinally ; the shell is softer 

 than that of most nuts. It is to be regretted that this delicious fruit is not 

 more generally known. The nuts come in small parcels, and are sold 

 cheaply in consequence of the ignorance which prevails respecting their 

 good qualities." 



PAPIER-MACHE MANUFACTURE. 



BY W. K. SULLIVAN. 



Papier-mach6 goods have of late become of considerable importance 

 as articles of utility and of decorative furniture, from the facility with 

 which that substance can be moulded into any required shape, and the 

 great extent to which it admits of ornamentation. This old form of 

 papier-inache from pulp, whence the name, is but little practised in 

 England at present, except for the cheapest articles. The mass is now 

 formed by pasting a number of sheets of paper together, a process first 

 employed in the year 1740 by Martin of Paris. The advantages of this 

 process are increased solidity, firmness, and elasticity, at the same time 

 that the mass is readily made to assume the full sharpness of the moulds. 

 The article is formed by simply pasting, one on the other, a number of 

 sheets of a fine grey, slightly sized, not very strong packing-paper. The 

 paste is usually made of a mixture of gum and starch. The sheets thus pasted 

 are not pressed, except in particidar cases, but are rubbed smooth with a 

 kind of smoothing-iron. Legs of tables and other similar articles are 

 usually formed upon moulds, or rather cores, of well-baked wood, each 

 sheet, as it is pasted upon the form, being carefully rubbed smooth. 

 When a sufficient number of sheets of paper have been pasted together 



