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appears, there some little knot of busy adventurers 

 push in and form a settlement ; so that the whole 

 is everywhere full and complete. There, too, as 



Oak. 



is common in all communities, are many little 

 elbowings, justlings, thwartings, and oppositions 

 in which some gain and others lose.' * 

 * 'Forest Scenery,' pages 136-7. 



