THE OAK, 



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than that of the British Oak, he would immediately pro- 

 nounce the tree from which it was gathered an Oak. 



OAK-OALLS, 



As an article of food, the acorn has been, and in many- 

 places still is, highly prized. In the time of Strabo, Eome 

 was principally supplied with hogs which had been fattened 



