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prodigious height, without knot or 

 branch, and as ftrait as cedars : the leaf 

 of thefe trees refembled the myrtle leaf, 

 only fomewhat larger. I have feen trees 

 larger than thefe in circumference, on 

 the coaft of Guinea, and there only ; but 

 for a length of flem, which gradually 

 tapering, I have no where met with any 

 to compare to them. The wood was of 

 a hard fubftance, and if not too heavy, 

 would have made good mafts; the dimen- 

 fions of fome of thefe trees being equal 

 to a main-maft of a firfl rate man of 

 war. The fhore was covered with drift 

 wood of a very large fize ; moft of it 

 cedar, which makes a brifk fire ; but is 

 fo fubjecft to fnap and fly, that when we 

 waked in the morning, after a found 

 fleep, we found our cloaths finged in 

 many places with the fparks, and co- 

 vered with fplinters. 



The next morning being calm, we 

 rowed out ; but as foon as clear of the 



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