India rubber world . sts are not far to seek. They will, I think, befound in the great abundance of birds, and no doubt in thewonderful equilibrium that nature has there established be-tween the insects that are destructive to plant life, and theother insects that prey upon them. It is to be hoped that thisbalance may long be preserved. As a matter of caution, itmight be well to state that the hunter who slaughters birds fortheir plumes will not find a cordial welcome among the Mexi-can planters. In the dry season, which of course was when my visit wasmade, there are but few butterflies and mo
India rubber world . sts are not far to seek. They will, I think, befound in the great abundance of birds, and no doubt in thewonderful equilibrium that nature has there established be-tween the insects that are destructive to plant life, and theother insects that prey upon them. It is to be hoped that thisbalance may long be preserved. As a matter of caution, itmight be well to state that the hunter who slaughters birds fortheir plumes will not find a cordial welcome among the Mexi-can planters. In the dry season, which of course was when my visit wasmade, there are but few butterflies and moths, but in the rainyseason they are most abundant. Of these my host had a col-lection which gave one a wonderful insight into the wingedbeauties of that section. N11 —The illustrations accompanying these letters do not alwaysrelate to the plantations described, because photographs were not ob-tainable from all the places visited. In such cases views are shown ofneighboring and more or less similar LA FLORENCIA. TAIPINl. lari;e WILD RUBBER TREE. Jim i . 1903.] THE INDIA WOHLD 299 THE INDIA-RUBBER TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN. By Our Regular Correspondent. T •HIS headline may seem somewhat incongruous underthe general title of this correspondence, but all thesame I imagine that my readers will not press fenapology on the few occasions when 1 draw their atten-tion to rubber works situated outside the confines of GrealBritain. Probably, though I speak with some re-notes serve, Clermont Ferrand is the most important cen-france ter, Paris excluded, of the rubber trade in FranceIt is here that the well known Michelin tires aremade, the firm of Michelin et Cie. having from small beginningsevolved in a few years to a concern of great size and impor-tance, mainly through the expansion of their motor tire busi-ness. The important general rubber manufacturing firm ofTorrilhon et Cie. is also situated in the town, or, more accurate-ly speaking, in the adjoining town
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