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Show Primitive Paper-Making. In Madagascar a kind of writing paper used by some of the native notables and the fetish priests Is made from the bark of a shrub named bahova. The bark fiber Is boiled and macerated until a thin paste Is obtained. ob-tained. Then a leaf of the plant called ravlnla. or traveler'- tea. Is coaled with pulp, formed from a particular kind of rice, and over this Is spread the hahova paste, on both sides of the leaf After the coating has thoroughly thorough-ly dried and adhered. It Is polished with a smooth shell, and the aper Is ready for ue In writing. The manufacture manu-facture of the Ink employed, like that of the paper Itself, is a monopoly of the notables and prleits who use It This paper may be bought by travelers travel-ers at about a rent and a half per sheet, but only a few hundred sheets are produced In a rocnth |