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M. Lefebvre’s method.—The milk ig put into a barrel with a tap at 
e 
The above account, given by Mr. Millson, is printed without any 
expression of opinion as regards the value of the suggestions made. 
adopted for tapping rubber trees, and for preparing the milk so as to 
yield the largest available amount of marketable rubber. 
e preparation of Castilloa rubber is described by Morris (Colony 
of British Honduras, p. 76), as follows :— 
“ At the close of the day the rubber-gatherer 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 stem of the mvoon-plant 
“ (Calonictyon speciosum), pounds it into a mass, and throws it 
€ into a bucket of water. After this decoction has been ‘strained, it 
“ is poured into vats made in the ground and left to dry. This 
“ drying takes from 12 to 14 days. Sometimes the milk is simply 
‘ poured on prepared ground, and the watery portion allowed to evapo- 
“ rate or otherwise disappear, The ru ber, when dry, is subjected 
“ to pressure in order to get rid of the bolsas or pockets of watery 
“ liquid.” 
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