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THE WILLOW. 



his recollection of the coracles which he had seen duri 

 his invasion of Britain was on one occasion the means of 

 extricating his army from a critical position ; for, being 

 hemmed in by the enemy, and being unable to throw a 

 bridge across a river which impeded his movements, he 

 set his troops to work, and quickly completed enongh 

 boats to transport his army. 



FOLIAGE OF HUNTINGDON WILLOW. 



In a picturesque point of view, the Willows do not 

 rank high : they are formal in their mode of growth, and 

 are loaded with bundles of twigs, rather than with rami- 

 fied branches ; the foliage too is meagre, and is not disposed 



