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Show MADE TO LAST A LIFETIME Brazilian Ship Hammocks Not Only Things of Beauty But Designed to Give Long Service. The passenger capacity of the vessels, ves-sels, such as we know, is limited by the number of berths and staterooms the ship contains, but there is no such limitation in vessels that ply along the Amazon river. Staterooms are a superfluity su-perfluity in them, for they are never used except by the few foreign travelers trav-elers to dress in. The passenger capacity of the Brazilian Bra-zilian vessel depends upon the hanging-room for hammocks on the vessel's deck. Everybody must have a hammock, ham-mock, for the staterooms are unbearable unbear-able at night. The Brazilian hammock Is a thing of beauty, and is costly, too. The best of them cost anywhere from $100 to $500. Those made of maqueira grass, with feather lace trimmings, are deemed the best. It takes several months to make a first-class hammock. The feather work is artistic and very clearly put together. The feathers are all In the natural colors, taken from birds of most brilliant plumage. The Indians on the upper Rio Negro enjoy a great reputation for this kind of work. These hammocks will last a lifetime, although they may be In use every day, and washed once a month. The most common kind of hammock Is of German manufacture, made of cotton and very cheap. These are warm and exclude drafts of air. The best cotton cot-ton ones are of native-grown cotton and are maC In Maracaibo. The grass hammocks are much cooler than any bed, as they let In the night breezes through their loosely woven meshes. |