| 1. | SMOKING WILD RUBBER ON A PADDLE IN THE BRAZILIAN FOREST | Frontispiece | | FACING PAGE | | 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 |
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