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Show Whips from a Tree,' j In tho Island of Jamaica there grow s it tree with the botanic name Daphne Lugelto from the branche-, ot which . native workmen make peculiarly ! stnmg and excellent whips, which havo the handle and lash all In ono piece Tho handle consists of n part of the stem lotalnlng the bar For the lash the stem Is deprived of bark nnd then split Into strips, which nro woven together in a flexible cord six feet or seven feet long The proper tapci is afforded b) detaching more nnd moie of the strips us the end of the last Is npproaihed |