. Cassier's magazine . GROWTH OF VEGETATION ON TELEGRAPH WIRES ATCARACAS. VENEZUELA 237. HOUSE AT CASUALIDAD, SHOWING ADOBE WALL AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION whereas the moriche netted ham-mock cannot. The moriche ham-mock—or hamaca, to give it its In-dian name—is made from the leavesof the moriche or moritia palm is the fan palm, so called be-cause of its fan-shaped leaf. Thispalm delights in damp places, is verypicturesque and very useful. Theweaving of hammocks from the yarnwhich is spun from the moriche fibreis a common occupation of the girlsof a family. The fibre is preparedby scra
. Cassier's magazine . GROWTH OF VEGETATION ON TELEGRAPH WIRES ATCARACAS. VENEZUELA 237. HOUSE AT CASUALIDAD, SHOWING ADOBE WALL AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION whereas the moriche netted ham-mock cannot. The moriche ham-mock—or hamaca, to give it its In-dian name—is made from the leavesof the moriche or moritia palm is the fan palm, so called be-cause of its fan-shaped leaf. Thispalm delights in damp places, is verypicturesque and very useful. Theweaving of hammocks from the yarnwhich is spun from the moriche fibreis a common occupation of the girlsof a family. The fibre is preparedby scraping off the green integumentof the leaves and combing out theseparate fibres. Folded up like a fan,the leaves are the best thatching fora house. They are laid with eachshort stump of leaf stalk close up toits fellow and bound fast to a lon-gitudinal rafter bar. Down the slopeof the roof the next row is about afoot apart. Thus the leaves beingabout 4 feet long, there are fourthicknesses of leaves at every partof the roof. The heaviest rainrarely shows a drop through such athatch.
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