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Show MADAGASCAR TAPER. Peculiar Sheets Made From Pulp ot a Nntlvo Shrub One of the oldeet tribes ot Mndlsns-car Mndlsns-car hia iho seen t ef making a peculiar but beautiful nnd listing paper fiom the pulp ot a native sbiiib which they rust I ver) Jcalousl) r-ach fiaanll) of the tribe la provided with a few sheets of tin pior on vvhlih ire rerorded the fnmll) traditions mil be)ond this it Is seldom used, except for transcribing tho laws of the Mnhnmmedan religion f-oaaactinaes, aittiler pressing necctslly the) will soli ii snaill nu-intlt) ot It It la sail thnt the process of making It was discovered b) a Mohammedan who wae shlpwreiked thero In tho tnldile of tho ninth etntur) nnd desired some rnduilng iiuitcrHI on which to copy Ills vvatet-fonkcd l.niiin |