Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 406
notherpenny, and they arethus forced to start onthe new trip. As we enter thestore, the merchantshows us some of therubber which has beenbrought in. Part ofit, we observe, is inlarge, round, flatcakes; these he tells us are called tortillas (the Spanish for cakes), not. This arrangement is… … THE RITBBER-Hl/NTER MEETS AN ENEMY, 382 GATHERING CAOUTCHOUC IN NICARAGUA. [March, hope of receiving money, they would sell theirrubber to some small trader along the river, andrun away, rather than return without money or aclaim for it. Indeed, they often do sell a portion oftheir tortillas, and…
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