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gum tree. about the middle of december, the moors commence the harvesting. the masses of gum are collected, either while adhering to the bark, or after it falls to the ground, the entire product, often of various species, thus collected, is packed in baskets and very large sacks of tanned leather and
brought on camels and bullocks to the centres of accumulation and then to the points of export, chiefly suakin, alexandria, or - in senegambia - st. louis. it is then known as 'acacia sorts,' the term being equivalent to 'unassorted acacia.' the unsorted gums show the widest variation as to size of...
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