uncoagulated milk or an excess of moisture, while the vm 
scrapings from the trees, mixed with the residues 
collecting pots and vessels, are made up into o] imegularly 
rounded balls and form a third grade known as “ser 
* negro-head "—the oye be “the keid- iener of the 
mass to the head of a neg 
The illustrations of bee used in the preparation of Para 
rubber here given were prepared from articles i in the veri Museum, 
and are kindly lent by the Editor of the Phan jurnal:— 
ARTICLES USED IN Ager oe iple AND decora PARA RUBBER 
(Hevea) IN BRAZ 
A. Small axe with cutting edge about 1 inch wide. 
B. Small earthenware eup placed below incision to receive the latex. 
O. Ca pee carried by the seringuiero, in which is collected the latex from 
the small c 
E. oria E a calabash used to pour the latex over the paddle. 
F. Wooden paddles—to the right before use, to the left with a first layer of 
cured rubber. 
H. Cutlass used to collect the nuts of the Urucuri palm (Mazimüiana regia). 
