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devoid of bark, limbs or foliage. By triangulation Lord Longlegs determined its 

 altitude ; Herr Spider measured its circumference at the base and computed the 

 circumference at its top by a mathematical demonstration based upon the warrant 

 furnished by the uniform degree of its taper upward. It was considered a very 

 extraordinary find ; and since it was a tree of a hitherto unknown species, Professor 

 Woodlouse gave it a name of a learned sound, being none other than that of Pro- 

 fessor Bull Frog translated into the ancient Mastodon language, for it had always 

 been the custom J^ ^fvith discoverers 



to perpetu- ^6-— -__^ at e their names 



and honor them- ^m§r~ • selves by this 



sort of connec- >/x!H|W^^^i::z:^i: tion with their 

 discoveries. ^-'^i^^-^^O^^^ifflw^--^^^^^ Now, Profess- 

 or Field-Mouse ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^O^ CF~"' having placed 



his sensitive ear ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ jfcui ^ to the tree, de- 

 tected a rich, ^p ^^^^^^^ZIIII^^$^''^ffli iw"-~==^ harmonious 



sound issuing ^^ ^ — ' — ""vL W~' ^'^om. it. This 



surprising thing ^ ^^^ ^'^^^^^^— ^^— --^^^«S Istir" ^^^ tested and 



enjoyed by each ^%^^^^ / " — ■ ^^ ■ scholar in turn 



and great was | ; _ l^k 1 W ^^ gladness 



and astonish- . J ^K .-<= — i \^ SlL-wr-v mentofall. Pro- 



fessor Wood- Y' lT f ^*?^SJifc''iH'lJS i°^^« *^^ '^^- 



quested to add ^^ ^^ ^^^^ """^il^^Hr " ^° ^""^ extend 



the tree's name J^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^y-'^^^^i-^^^^^^^/ ^° ^^ *° make 

 i t suggest the j f/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ musical quality 

 it possessed — I -■'^^^^^^^^^i^^^ ^^iv^^^^ ^. \ ' which he did, 



furnishing the addition Anthem Singer, done into the Mastodon tongue. 



By this time Professor Snail was making some telescopic inspections. He dis- 

 covered a great number of these trees, extending in a single rank, with wide inter- 

 vals between, as far as his instrument would carry, both southward and northward. 

 He also presently discovered that all these trees were bound together, near their 

 tops, by fourteen great ropes, one above another, which ropes were continuous, 

 from tree to tree, as far as his vision could reach. This was surprising. Chief 



