Show water from A it growing nine the explorer Cou boudreau dreau found awhile ago while wandering among the ilu man mountains in the western part of gwinna that it was not necessary for bis his men to descend to a creek when they wanted a drink of water A vino vine known as the water vine is found all through that region it yields an abundant lyof excellent drinking fluid whenever it Is called upon this vine grows to a height of sixty to ninety feet itis it is usually fly about as thick as the upper part of the human arm jt it winds itself I 1 loosely JY around trees clambers up to their summits and then fulls falls down perpendicularly to the uie ground where here it takes root again the natives cut this vine oft off at the ground and then at a height of rf about six or seven feet they cut it again which leaves leares in their hands a very stout piece 0 of f wood a it little longer than themselves in order to obtain its sap gap they raise the lower end of the vine upon some support and apply the upper end to their mouths the section of the vine while showing a smooth apparently compact surface is pierced with many little veins through which the ap sap flows freely kix six feet of the vine gives about a pint of water which is slightly sweet to the taste coudreau boudreau Cou dreau says that it quenches thirst as effectively as water from the most refreshing brook new york sun |