Water From'a Growing Vine

The Explorer Coudreau íoimd awliiilc ago, whfte wandering among the Tumue-Humac mouataitns, in the western part oí Guiana, that t was n'ot neeessary for his men to discernid to a ereek when they wanted a drink of water. A vine known as tlue water viine is found all through t'lwit región. It yfcKfe am abundant supply of dri'nkimg fluid w nene ver it le callad upom Thás vine grows to a heügivt of 00 to 90 feef. It is nenally about as thick ae the upper part oí Uw? humain. arm. It winds iteeStf loosely aromad trees, clambers up to eummltfi aml then Calis duwn pe:rpCTídi:Marly to the ground, wliere It takes í-oot aífato. The natives cut tilín vine ofl at the ffrotimd and tlien at a lwig-ht of aboart siix or se ven. (eet, tlbey cut it abacia, which leaves in thieiir Uaiids a very stout piece of wood a little longer than tliemselves. lui order to oWain its sap they ratee the lower end of the vine upon tsonie Bupport and apply the other eaid to their mouths. The seetiom of tihe v?ne, while ghowing a BtnÓOfth, apparently compact surface, is pii'ired wit'li mamy little veins, tfa-ough whlch the sap flows freely. Six feet oí t.hie vine glves about a plnt of water, wliich is Bllghtly sweet to tire taste. Coudreau says that it quencbes t.lürst a eífectually as water froan tliie mo.st refreehinífbrook. -