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observers state that nuts cast ashore by the waves do not ger- 

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 that the Polynesians and other races carried nuts with them 

 wherever they went on their sea-voyages and planted some ; n 

 the most remote islands, as a provision against emergencies. 

 Mr. 0. F. Cook, in a masterly essay on the subject, fully proves, 

 in my estimation, that Cocos nucifera is a native of inland 

 stations in South America, so that it is not, as is commonly 

 supposed, essentially a littoral palm, though it thrives in such 



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 atolls, similar in size and physical characters to Aldabra. 

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 and Thomasset, and some of them by earlier travellers, all of 

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