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Show MADE TO LAST A LiFET!V Brazilian Ship Hammocks Not Orlj Things of Beauty But Designed to Give Long Service. The passenger capacity of the tm. sels, such as we know, is limited br the number of berths and Btatenyy the ship contains, but there is no r. limitation in vessels that ply along t; Amazon river. Staterooms are a superfluity su-perfluity in them, for they are unused un-used except by the few foreign tsi-elers tsi-elers to dress in. The passenger capacity of the E zilian vessel depends upon the h:;. ing-room for hammocks on the ves;;.! deck. Everybody must have a ti;. mock, for the staterooms are ucba--able at night. The Brazilian hanaca is a thing of beauty, and is costly, tec. The best of them cost anywhere ten $100 to $500. Those made of mac-.'i-T grass, with feather lace trimmiiii are deemed the best. It takes jh-x months to make a first-class hamcc.k. The feather work is artistic and rej clearly put together. The feathers a all in the natural colors, taken t:i birds of most brilliant plumage. Indians on the upper Rio Negro e:;:j a great reputation for this kind 0! work. These hammocks will last a lifeti;, although they may be in use evr? day, and washed once a month. T:; most common kind of hammock is i German manufacture, made of cc:::; and very cheap. These are warm 1;: exclude drafts of air. The best cotton cot-ton ones are of native-grown cc:::-i and are made in Maracaibo. The r.m hammocks are much cooler than bed, aa they let in the night treiia through their loosely woven mes!:;! |