APPENDIX. 



THE COCOA-NUT TREE. 



(See Page 405, Vol. \.) 



" The Indian's nut alone 

 Is clothing, meat and trencher, drink and can. 

 Boat, cable, sail, and needle, all in one." 



Of all the trees, beautiful either in form, height, 

 or the splendid colour of their flowers, so 

 profusely scattered over the face of nature 

 in tropical climes, perhaps none has excited 

 more interest, both for its elegant and majestic 

 growth, as well as for its utility, than this palm, 

 producing fruit, shade, utensils, and numerous 

 other articles, to supply the wants of mankind. 

 These palms impart a grandeur to the tropical 

 landscape ; their stems, towering to a great 

 elevation, are crowned at the summit by 

 elegant fronds of gigantic character ; they over- 



