Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 846
e brought from the valley or ravine below, which is sometimes a tedious journey. You would call curious the water-pails these men bring up the hill. Each has one over his shoulder and it looks like a log of wood ; but it is a section of the Guadua (a kind of bamboo) about three feet in length. This… … and, when the bamboo is filled with water, the outer hole iscovered by a leaf which keeps its place by atmosphericpressure, answering all the purposes of a plug. How amazedI was on seeing such scientific knowledge displayed by thesepeople who could neither read nor write ! I immediatelyasked Who…
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