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Show 'tttM it" 1 ortyiifaia.iud liquid's worth ol ehe-. nigrum f ij,(ilicw, iu Ihetjtateof Maina evtty )Yr. he mim is found chiefly in 1 lie rciii abotit t'mbis Lake and ibmi; t'nJ Mange lake. A number of men d ) ii .thing eUo tint winter season except collect gum, With snow-shoes, ax, anJ it sHebovjirtn ,Ul which is placed the gum, th.tv spend (lays, and n'alits , ill the woods. The tli-ar, pure lumps, of i'-im me sold in their native state, the hest hruiginii cne ijol,ir per pound Quid not immediately merchantable is rerine I by a peculiar process. Sieve-Ike ro.xs aie covered with surfac boughs, 011 which is placed the gum. Steam is inlintluced mult-sneath. The Bum. as niched, in strained bv the boughs, and tiieu passes into warm water, where it is kept Horn bar lening until the packer uiliti it out, draws it into sticks, and wtHM it in tissue papef, when it is teady for maiket. |