Show MADE IMADE TO LAST A LIFETIME brazilian ship hammocks not only things of beauty but designed to give long service tho passenger capacity of the vessels juch as ve we know la Is limited by the number of berths and staterooms state rooms the ships ship contains but there is no such limitation in vessels that ply along the amazon river staterooms State rooms are ft superfluity ity to in them for they are never used except by the few foreign travelers to dress in the passenger capacity of the brazilian ZI lian vessel de depends upon the hanging room for hammocks on the vessel ves sela g ac eck everybody must have hav e a hammock tor for the staterooms state rooms are unbearable at bat night naghi the brazilian hammock la a thing of beauty and Is costly too the best of them cost anywhere from to those made of maqueira maque lra grass witla ditl 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 dayi damand and washed once a month the most common kind of hrin mock to la of german manufacture alde of cotton and va very ry cheap these are warm and exclude 0 drafts of air the best cotton ones are of amative grown cotton and aremelia are mad la maracaibo the grass hammocks are much cooler than any bed as they let in the night breezes through their loosely woven meshes |