Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1917 — Has Supplied Pitch for Centuries. [ARTICLE]

Has Supplied Pitch for Centuries.

An interesting natural phenomenon of the island of Zante in the lonian sea, is a shallow spring on the bay of Kerl, where both pitch and water bubble up. The pitch has been used by the natives In caulking their boats since the days of Herodotus.