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pass the "Mother and Son," which together measure 

 ninety-three feet in circumference ; the " Mother " is 

 three hundred and twenty, the " Son " a hopeful youth 

 of three hundred feet. The "Siamese Twins and their 

 Guardian " form the next group : the " Twins " have one 

 trunk at the base, separating at the height of forty feet, 

 each measuring three hundred feet high; the ''Guardian" 

 is eighty feet in circumference, and three hundred and 

 twenty-five feet high. Beyond stands the "Old Maid," 

 slightly bowing in her lonely grief ; she measures sixty feet 

 in circumference, and is two hundred and sixty feet high. 

 Two beautiful trees, called "Addie and Mary," are the 

 next to arrest our attention, measuring each sixty-five feet 

 in circumference, and nearly three hundred feet high. 

 We next reach the "Horse-back Eide," an old fallen 

 trunk of one hundred and fifty feet in length, hollowed 

 out by the fires which have, in days gone by, raged 

 through the forest. The cavity is twelve feet in the clear 

 and in the narrowest place, and a person can ride through 

 on horseback, a distance of seventy-five feet. "Uncle 

 Tom's Cabin" next claims our admiration, being three 

 hundred feet high, and seventy-five feet in circumference. 

 The " Cabin " has a burnt entrance of two and a half feet 

 in diameter ; the cavity within is large enough to seat fif- 

 teen persons. Two other trees we must note ; one of 

 which, named the "Pride of the Forest," remarkable for 

 the smoothness of its bark, measures two hundred and 

 eighty feet in height, and sixty feet in circumference. 

 The " Burnt Cave " is also remarkable ; it measures forty 



