Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1918 — Live in Suspended Huts. [ARTICLE]

Live in Suspended Huts.

In the lowlands of the delta of the tOrlnoco river the natives build huts suspended between trunks of Mauritia flexuosa, a palm. They also eat its fruits, its pith, Its Juice and use the fibers of its leaf stems for making ropes, hammocks, etc.