[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
I. THE ROMANCE OF RUBBER [1]
II. THE ROMANCE OF RUBBER (continued)[6]
III. THE HISTORY OF RUBBER [10]
IV. WE VISIT A SERINGAL [17]
V. WE GO WITH A SERINGUEIRO ON HIS ROUND [21]
VI. MAKING PARA RUBBER IN THE FOREST [26]
VII. DIFFERENT KINDS OF WILD RUBBER [29]
VIII. DIFFERENT KINDS OF WILD RUBBER (continued)[33]
IX. DIFFERENT KINDS OF WILD RUBBER (continued)[37]
X. KINDRED PRODUCTS TO RUBBER [41]
XI. THE STORY OF PLANTATION RUBBER [49]
XII. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENTS [56]
XIII. THE RUBBER BOOM [60]
XIV. WILD RUBBER v. PLANTATION RUBBER [64]
XV. MAKING A RUBBER PLANTATION [69]
XVI. LIFE ON A RUBBER PLANTATION [74]
XVII. WE VISIT A RAW-RUBBER FACTORY [80]
XVIII. RUBBER GOODS [84]

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

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]

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