A VALUABLE PLANT
(To tho Editor.) Sir,—ln Hugh Fountain's book, "The Lund of the Amazon," which will bo lound in the Parliamentary Library, there appears an account of a valuable plant know as "enco," which . grows abundantly in the upper Amazon legions of Brazil. This plant is famous for its strength-giving qualities, and for (he fact I hat it enables those undergoing the most fatiguing journeys to carry on under the most trying conditions, without discomfort or weariness. .AVliilo it is a tonic- and a stimulant, it leaves no' depressing nl'ter-ofl'ccls. I do not know whether tho nulhnr of the book qnoled is an authority in these matters, but if_ tlio thing is as good as he alarms it might be well worth while lor oiir /rmy authorities to see that New Zealand troops are supplied. The Indian muleleers always carry a supply of caco when making their journeys over the mountains from the headwaters of the Amnion to the coast. Perhaps some of your readers are familiar with Brazil "and can throw furthw light on this matter so fhat tho medical authorities may know : whether it would bo of um lo our hoys >at tho front.—l am, olc, E.M.C.' ; June 20. |
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 234, 21 June 1918, Page 7
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202A VALUABLE PLANT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 234, 21 June 1918, Page 7
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