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and most of our Indian readers 

 have witnessed the celerity with 

 which a comfortable bungalo is 

 constructed of the cocoa-nut leaf, 

 even in the most remote districts, 

 on the approach of an European 

 traveller. A cocoa-nut tree planted 

 on the sea- shore, or on low 

 grounds, grows to the height of 



from sixty to ninety feet, and lives 

 about one hundred and twenty or 

 one hundred and thirty years, 

 while those in a hilly country live 

 about one hundred and fifty, and 

 do not reach so great a height ; 

 these latter do not produce fruit 

 so soon after their being planted 

 as the former. 



MISCELLANIES. 



