108 BOTANICAL INFOKMATION. 



limber ; theatrical performances liave also been given upon it by the 



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^Chapman Family* in May, 1855, also the 'Robinson Family,' July 4, 

 1855. This monster tree was cut down by boring with augers, and 

 sawing the spaces between : it required the labour of five men twenty- 

 five days to effect its fall, the tree standing so nearly perpendicular 

 that a wedge and battering-ram were necessary to cause its fall after 



being fully cut off. 



" 2. Adjoining the stump lies a section of the trunk i this is 25 feet 

 in diameter and 20 feet long; beyond lies the immense trunk, as it fell, 

 measuring 303 feet from the base of the stump to its extremity: upon 

 this is situated the bar-room and Ten-Pin Alley, stretching along its 

 upper surface for a distance of 81 feet^ affording ample space for two 

 alley-beds side by side. 



" 3. Leaving the hotel, let us walk into the forest by the upper trail, 

 or we can ride (for the road has been opened so as to permit any 

 vehicle to pass) ; we are at once struck with astonishment at the magni- 

 tude of the trees, and, passing several immense ones, we reach the 

 * Miners' Cabin'; this tree measures 80 feet in circumference, and is 

 about 300 feet in height; the * Cabin,' or burnt cavity, measures 17 



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feet across its entrance, and extends upward of 40 feet. 



4. Continuing our ramble, admiring the luxuriant growth of 

 underbrush, consisting of young firs, cedars, dogwood, and hazel, we 

 reach the 'Three Graces'; these splendid trees evidently grow from 

 one root, and are the most beautiful group in the forest; towerio 

 side by side to the height of 290 feet, tapering symmetrically from 

 their base upward, their united circumference amounts to 92 feet : it 

 is 200 feet to the first limb on the middle tree. 



" 5. The 'Pioneers' Cabin' is the next tree that arrests our atten- 

 tion, rising to the height of 150 feet, the top having been broken off; 

 this tree measures 33 feet in diameter, 



' " 6. Continuing our walk, we reach a forlorn-looking tree, having 



many rents in his bark, and withal the most seedy-looking individual 

 in the forest; this is the 'Old Bachelor;' he is about 300 feet high 



and 60 feet in circumference. 



" 7. The next tree is the ' Mother of the Porest;'* this magnificent 



tree rises to the height of 327 feet and is 90 feet in circumference. 



The view of this tree leaves an uiifavouraole impression on the mind ; for, still 

 standiug (and for the present living), it is denuded of its bark for 120 feet from the 

 base : around this portion is a scaffold and a ziKzacc staircase. — En, 



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