The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 39

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Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 39: Designed for the Advancement of the Young, October 1, 1904On the equator and south of that line the time for gathering rubber is from August to February, but in Guatemala and Mexico, March and April, the period immediately before the rainy season, is the time selected for the tapping of the trees. As with mahogany so with rubber in its wild state, that nearest the settle ments has all been destroyed. So a journey, often of many days, into the heart of the forest is necessary, for the rubber crop is almost the only thing that gives the Indian actual cash for his la bor.' Several Indians band together to work a certain district. Their wants are simple, their supplies few. They take with them little besides corn and tobacco. The forest 'will furnish them, with game, and with the most delicious of fruits, just ripe at this season. Each man has his knife, axe and bucket for catching the sap, and his palm-plaited sleeping mat, which' is of good service to him in collect ing the rubber.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.