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PALMS. 



uses came within the observation of only one gentleman, 

 Mr. Wallace, and in an almost unexplored country : how 

 marvellous would the uses of the tribe appear to us if we 



Fig. 133. 



Caryota sobolifera. 



could but glance at the various races of men who manage 

 to exist upon Palms alone ! The cocoa-nut, so plentifully 

 grown on the coasts of all tropical countries, is alone said 



