eyes must have been to discover 

 all the things they did, make 

 no mention of it in any place 

 among their various writings, 

 even David Douglas, the world- 

 famed botanist, and the keenest- 

 eyed of all the strangers who 

 came here, is silent regarding it. 

 Yet it is easy to understand, 

 after all, for unless one knows 

 exactly what to look for, such 

 as the appearance of the insects 

 when at rest upon the branches, 

 and the precise location of the 

 trees, it is next to impossible to 

 find them. And there was no 

 one then to point them out to 

 comers from far lands. 



One summer, two or three 

 seasons ago, an unusual amount 

 of interest was for some reason 



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