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1848.] INDIA-RUBBER OKWU. 23

omume nke gargling, ma gosi anyị na a mmiri sap wepụtara
n'efu na ogbugbo a na-egbutu ya.  Osisi ahụ, dị ka ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ, bụ
enwetara ihe niile site na ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị ọrịa bịara maka ya
ihe ọṅụṅụ na-agwọ ọrịa.  "Nke a," ka ọ sịrị, na-ele anya n'ogologo mara mma
osisi kwụ ọtọ, "bụ ezigbo osisi maka ụlọ, ọ dị mma maka ala; kpọọ
ọ Quarooba." "Nke a," na-atụ aka n'otu n'ime ndị na-achọ ịmata ihe were iwe
osisi ndị dị ka a ga-asị na ùkwù osisi toro ogologo nwere
toro n'otu uka, "bụ osisi maka ịme paddles;" na, dị ka
anyị aghọtaghị nke a na Portuguese, ọ ṅomiri ịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri
n'ime ụgbọ mmiri;  aha nke a bụ Pootieka.  "Nke a," na-atụ aka
nye nnukwu osisi-osisi ọzọ, "bụ ezigbo osisi maka ọkụ, ka
mee unyi;  ezi osisi siri ike maka ihe niile, - na-eme ka
unyi kacha mma maka forges," nke ọ kọwara site na-akpachi anya
na osisi ahu mere ọku ka o me ígwè nke anyu-ike
jide ya n'aka.  Osisi a ṅụrịrị ọṅụ n'aha Nowara.
Na-esote ya bụ Caripe n'onwe ya, mana ọ bụ osisi na-eto eto nwere
ọbụghị mkpụrụ osisi ma ọ bụ ifuru, yabụ anyị ga-enwe afọ ojuju n'onwe anyị
ụdị nke osisi na ogbugbo naanị;  ọ toro na nsọtụ nke
apiti jupụtara na nkwụ mara mma.  Ebe a bụ Assai
Nkwụ, nke a na-ahụkarị na obodo ahụ, ruru nnukwu ihe
elu.  N'ụkwụ dị larịị naanị sentimita anọ n'obosara.
ụfọdụ ụdị dị n'ịdị elu iri ise.  Mgbe ụfọdụ, ha na-adị
n'ụzọ zuru oke kwụ ọtọ, mgbe ụfọdụ jiri nwayọọ na-agbagọ, na, ya na
okpueze na-ada ada nke nwa ehi, kacha mara mma.  Ebe a kwa
Osisi Inaja tolitere, ụdị osisi mara mma nke toro ogologo, nwere nnukwu nnukwu
nnukwu isi nke nwa ehi.  The emebebeghị epupụta nke a dị ka
nakwa dị ka ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ di iche iche na-etolite magburu onwe akwukwo nri, na-akpọ
ebe a palmeto, ma eleghị anya, yiri nnọọ na-emepụta site
kabeeji-nkwụ nke West Indies.  Ahịhịa mkpọnwụ
nkwụ nke nwere fatịlaịza, bụ́ nke anyị hụrụ n'ebe a na-egwe nri, dịkwakwa
na-eto eto ebe a.  Mana nke kacha pụta ìhè na ịchọ ịmata ihe niile bụ
Paxiuba, nkwụ toro ogologo, kwụ ọtọ, nke zuru oke na-esi ísì ụtọ,
na a kasị mara isi, kpụrụ a ole na ole nnukwu curiously-bee
akwụkwọ .  Nnukwu singularity ya bụ, na akụkụ ka ukwuu nke mgbọrọgwụ ya
dị n'elu ala, ma ha na-aga nke ọma na-anwụ anwụ, ndị ọhụrụ
na-apụta site na azuokokoosisi elu, nke mere na osisi dum bụ
akwado na atọ ma ọ bụ anọ stout ogologo mgbọrọgwụ, mgbe ụfọdụ otú
elu na mmadụ nwere ike guzo n'etiti ha na elu osisi
na-eto eto n'elu isi ya.  Isi mgbọrọgwụ na-agbanwekarị ọzọ
tupu ha eruo ala, nke ọ bụla n'ime atọ ma ọ bụ karịa
ndị ahụ, ọ bụghị otu inch nke ọ bụla na dayameta.  Ọ bụ ezie na azuokokoosisi nke