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THE COCAL. 



from England to see it alone. I at once felt the truth of 

 my host's saying, that if I went to the Cocal I should find 

 myself transported suddenly from the West Indies to the 

 East. Just such must be the shore of a Coral island in 

 the Pacific. 



Young Coco-palm. 



These Cocos, be it understood, are probably not indi- 



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genous. They spread, it is said, from an East Indian vessel 

 which was wrecked here. Be that as it may, they have 

 thoroughly naturalized themselves. Every nut which falls 

 and lies, throws out, during the wet season, its roots into 



