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Show Cocoanut Rafts. Cocoanut palms grow luxuriantly In many parts of the Philippine Islands and there is a large demand for the nuts among the people who live in th9 cities and towns. The method of bringing bring-ing them to the market at Manilla is hoth simple and picturesque. The co-coanuts co-coanuts are brought to the banks of the River Pasig, a rough framework of bamboo poles is constructed, and oa this the nuts are piled so as to form a raft. -Three or four men then pole tlio curious craft down stream into the city of Manilla. Philadelphia Record. |