THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



ers. The bark was removed for a certain length, 

 and being put up symmetrically., as it originally 

 subsisted, constituted a large room, furnished 

 with a carpet, a piano, and seats for forty per- 

 sons. In this state it was exhibited in various 

 cities of America and Europe. 



So successful was this speculation, that another 

 hero of the Barnum tribe proceeded to separate 

 the entire bark from the "Mother of the Forest,'' 

 to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet, re- 

 moving it in sections, carefully marked and num- 

 bered, for future reconstruction. It is this trophy 

 which has been exhibited in London, first in 

 Newman Street, and afterwards at the Adelaide 

 Gallery. These buildings, however, would not 

 admit of the erection of the whole, so that it 

 was removed in 1856 to the Crystal Palace, 

 where it now delights the eyes of thousands 

 daily. 



Perhaps we can scarcely regret the removal and 

 transport of these relics, especially as it is said the 

 "Mother" has not been perceptibly injured in 

 health by the abstraction of her outer garment. 

 Yet it is a matter of congratulation that pecuni- 

 ary avidity will no further diminish this noble 

 grove, for the law has now prohibited the in- 

 jury of any more trees, on any pretence what- 

 ever.* 



All these are the mighty works of an Almighty 

 God ; not self-produced, as some would fain assure 

 us, by the operation of what are called eternal 

 "laws," but designed by a Personal Intelligence, 

 created by a Living Word, and upheld by an 

 Active Power. 



* This account is chiefly condensed from a memoir by Dr. 

 Berthold Seemann, F.L.S., in the Annals and Mag. of Nat. 

 Hist., for March, 1859. 



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