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Possibly the same object may serve two uses, although 
not quite falling in with our civilized ideas of niceness.' 
My answer to this is that I know of no corn-rubbers, nor 
do I think that any such necessarily existed in the West 
Indies. The breadstuff chiefly used here is cassava, 
which is prepared by grating, drying and sifting, with- 
out the use of any mill or mortar. If corn (maize) was 
originally used in these parts, if that is to say, it was not 
introduced by, or after the coming of, Europeans, some 
form of mill must almost certainly have been in use, for 
corn cannot readily be prepared by any such process as 
is used for cassava ; but I have not as yet been able to 
discover any convincing evidence of the native use of 
corn. 
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