A KiCE Substitute. 
In Mozambique. 
Tbe nativeB scrape the tnbera by me aos ot 
large ihella b&tore dryiug them io fcbe mu ; 
thaj are then ground wiili rolleri<, roaghly 
covered witb oaila aad the pa>p obtainedi 
in this way is pab into bagis atid seat to ibe 
pres!. Tbo jaioe obtaioed from (he 
pulp leftva^ a Hediment «hich ia broken, 
before beiog spread on hot copper 
platea. Here ia anotber preparation : the 
pulp obtaioei after tbe manuer jast den- 
cribed> ia put into a bag toada of palc^ 
fiber B wbiob le huog by tbe top while a 
weight b stiapeDded to tbe bottom ia urder 
to force oob tbe juice which is wbity and 
poiaoDons. 
AccordiDg to Mr. Beiirat, io Tahiti, 
tapioca tneal U prepared in rhe f lilowing 
way. They begio by saaking the lubera iq 
cold water for two or three dn^jB, ihe 
object of which h to facilitate the peeliog 
oil of the skin whtoh ia done by mbbitig 
tl»e rootg with (he gogara, Tbe! inbers 
deputed of their rin'l, are nex' waahid aud 
groiind, the latter operation being done by 
a amail i-heet of corrntatad iron perforated 
with many hoka made by a nnit. When 
Soar baa been oht^ioBd it in placed in a- 
piece of cloth aud pqueezed into a wooden 
receptacte of an elongated form ; a milky 
but poia^Dona jaice flows ont containing 
meal in saspeoision. The liquid that 
gathered reata for many houra while tbe 
meal seditneat collects at the bottom of the 
trongb. The water which h decanted 
contains tbe polaonoos jaice oE the rootti 
the meal ia dried ia tbe shade and after 
spectiil preparation ta made into tapioca. 
and Btarch. 
