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VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



was by no means struck wth its appearance, as it 

 does not seem to be one tree, but a bush of five laroe 



Chesnut — Fagus castanea. 



trees growing together. We complained to our guides 

 of the imposition ; when they unanimously assured 

 us, that by the miiversal tradition, and even testimony 

 of the countrs', all these were once united in one 



