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THE COW-TREE. 



have supposed that from 

 that vast trunk would is- 

 sue a milky liquid scarcely 

 distinguishable at first from 

 that of the cow? Yet 

 such is the sap coming 

 from the opening made by 

 the axe from the massar- 

 anduba or cow-tree. When 

 fresh it serves every pur- 

 pose of real milk when 

 mixed with coffee ; but 

 drunk pure has a somewhat 

 coarse taste and it is con- 



THE MASSAKANDUBA OR COW-TREE. 



