Para Or Scenes And Adventures On the Banks of the Amazon
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After this, the pulpy substance is exposed on skins to the rays of the sun, for the purpose of evaporating all the remain- ing moisture. The juice being at length entirely expressed, the pulp is placed on large earthenware pans, and stirred over a hot fire until it granulates ; it is then put up in bas- kets for use. The manner in which the natives eat the farina is very amusing, and is besides perfectly inimita- ble. Taking a quantity of it in one of their hands, by a skilful motion of their a...rm they toss every particle of it into their mouths, and it seldom happens that any is 100 PARA. wasted in this manner. I have frequently atCempted to imitate them, but I found that the feat required more legerdemain talent than I was master of, and that on every trial my mouth was but little better supplied with the granulated material than either my nose or eyes. A milk-white substance is deposited by the juice of the mandioca root, which being collected, and hardened by exposure to the sun, constitutes the article so well known as tapioca, from which such wholesome and delicious puddings are made.
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