. To the River Plate and back; the narrative of a scientific mission to South America . -, northern Uruguay,and southern Brazil. The primi-tive method of preparing theinfusion is to put a few of theleaves in the bottom of a smallgourd, in which the bomhilla isthen placed. In its crudest formthe bombilla is a reed or thinjoint of bamboo, over the lowerend of which a few horsehairshave been woven, or a small bitof loose cloth has been tied. Inits more advanced and mechani-cally perfect form it is a tubeclosed at the lower end exceptfor a number of small perfora-tions. Its latest development,repr
. To the River Plate and back; the narrative of a scientific mission to South America . -, northern Uruguay,and southern Brazil. The primi-tive method of preparing theinfusion is to put a few of theleaves in the bottom of a smallgourd, in which the bomhilla isthen placed. In its crudest formthe bombilla is a reed or thinjoint of bamboo, over the lowerend of which a few horsehairshave been woven, or a small bitof loose cloth has been tied. Inits more advanced and mechani-cally perfect form it is a tubeclosed at the lower end exceptfor a number of small perfora-tions. Its latest development,represented in the accompanyingcut (Fig. 15), is the product ofthe art of the silversmith, andconsists of a tube, which has atthe bottom a spoon-like expan-sion, covered with a little lid,which is perforated by numerous small openings. Thebombilla corresponds in its use to the straws which areemployed in the act of imbibing mint-juleps andsimilar drinks. After the bombilla has been placed. Fig- 15-—Silver-mountedand carved mate-goxxrd andbombilla. \ nat. size. A Trip to Mar cK 1 Plata 191 in the ijuurd, a few iiu>rc leaves of the lierb arc addedwith a little sugar, and then water which has beenheated almost to the boilinj,-point is poured into thegourd, and after a few seconds the drink is ready to bedrawn up into the mouth through the tube. From timeto time as the tea is exhausted more hot water may besupplied, and the process of imbibition goes on. Inthe rural districts the drinking of mate is universalamong the Creoles. The gourd is passed from hand tohand, and each one who receives it takes a draught fromthe bombilla, which must not be unduly disturbed, asit is thought that the stirring of the mixture impairsits quality. The fear of the deadly microbe has onlyrecently been implanted in the minds of men, and hasnot as yet thoroughly invaded the remoter districtsof South America. To those who possess this whole-some horror the custom of passing the bombilla fromm
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