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build his ships, rig, paddle, and sail them; 
from its products, too, he can make his houses, 
and obtain food, drink, clothing, and culinary 
utensils. Strictly littoral in its habits, the cocoa- 
palm loves to loll over the sea, and let the frothy 
ripple wash its rootlets. This also looks like 
another link in the chain of Divine intentions. 
The nuts necessarily fall into the sea—winds and 
currents carry them to coral reefs, or strand 
them on desert shores, there to grow, and, by @ 
sequence of wondrously-ordered events, in time 
make it habitable for man. The ‘ Havannah’ 
dropped down to the beautiful island of ‘Tobago, 
to take in water ere she sailed for Vancouver 
Island. 
As we crossed the Bay of Panama (which is, 
I believe, about 135 miles wide, running inland 
120), pelicans, far too numerous to count, were 
floating high in the air, some of them mere 
specks. The species Pelecanus fuscus (the brown 
pelican) is a permanent resident on the southern 
coasts of America, frequenting in great numbers 
the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, California, the 
Bay of Panama, and other sheltered inlets. They 
frequently build in the trees, although the nest is 
quite as often placed on the ground, even when 
the former are close at hand. My acquaintance 
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