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seven feet in circumference. The "Hermit," rising 

 solitary and alone, is next observed. This tree, 

 straight and well-proportioned, measures three 

 hundred and twenty feet high, and sixty feet in 

 circumference. Still returning towards the hotel 

 by the lower trail, we pass the "Mother and Son," 

 which together measure ninety-three feet in cir- 

 cumference; the "Mother" is three hundred and 

 twenty, the "Son" a hopeful youth of three hun- 

 dred feet. The " Siamese Twins and their Guard- 

 ian" 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 circumfer- 

 ence, 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 Ride," 

 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 nar- 

 rowest 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 fifteen 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 cir- 

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