1. | SMOKING WILD RUBBER ON A PADDLE IN THE BRAZILIAN FOREST | Frontispiece |
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2. | TAPPING THE WILD RUBBER-TREES IN THE FOREST NEAR PARA, BRAZIL | 17 |
3. | A BALATA BLEEDERS’ CAMP | 24 |
4. | NATIVE COAGULATING JELUTONG | 33 |
5. | TAPPING A RUBBER-VINE, BELGIAN CONGO | 40 |
6. | (1) TAPPING RUBBER-VINE; (2) EXTRACTING GUTTA-PERCHA, NEW GUINEA | 43 |
7. | BALATA BLEEDERS LEAVING SPROSTONS’ STELLING AT ROCKSTONE, BRITISH GUIANA | 46 |
8. | (1) CEARA RUBBER-TREE IN CEYLON; (2) PARA RUBBER-TREES, TWENTY-SEVEN MONTHS OLD, CEYLON | 57 |
9. | (1) WEEDING YOUNG RUBBER IN MALAYA; (2) LOADING RUBBER IN MALAYA | 64 |
10. | (1) PARA RUBBER SEEDS AND PODS; (2) TAMIL COOLIE PLANTING RUBBER | 67 |
11. | CARRYING LATEX TO FACTORY, IN MALAYA | 70 |
12. | TAMIL WOMAN TAPPING RUBBER-TREE UNDER SUPERVISION OF A KANGANY, ON A CEYLON ESTATE | 81 |
13. | MAKING RUBBER BISCUITS | 83 |
14. | MAKING CRÊPE RUBBER ON A CEYLON ESTATE | 86 |
15. | SAMPLING BOLIVIAN RUBBER AT BULL WHARF, LONDON | 88 |
16. | TAKING LATEX TO THE FACTORY BY BULLOCK-CART IN MALAYA | 76 |