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virons, it makes a very conspicuous figure. I own I 

 was by no means struck with its appearance, as it 

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



Chesnut Fagus castanea. 



trees growing together. We complained to our guides 

 of the imposition; when they unanimously assured 

 us, that by the universal tradition, and even testimony 



