Note XXXII-55 — Chapter XXXII · INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. 1800-1887.
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Aside from some furniture, arms, etc., their hammocks, nets, cotton goods, and pottery, are all made in a very primitive manner. There is no skill whatever. Fernandez, Col. Doc., iii. 366-8; Costa R., Censo, 1864, p. xxv. Beer and rum are also made, the latter said to be a good imitation of Jamaica; distilling rum is a govt monopoly. Laferrière, De Paris à Guatém., 53; Costa R., Col. Ley., v. 122-45; xi. 331-46.