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itself an opening from witliin^ and obtains its 

 needful liberty ; you^ or any one^ may have the 

 apple then ; it needs that food and lodging no 

 longer. Those which grow in foreign coun- 

 tries are called galls ; these are of great im- 

 portance in commerce ; being used by dyers ; 

 and writing-ink, if good^ is made with them." 



An acorn is a pretty thing in shape/' said 

 Harriet ; although I am not more fond of 

 the taste than other folks. The cups are so 

 very rounds regular^ and neat^ that I have been 

 pleased to see them set out on a large flat 

 shell for dolly's tea-things. Dolly did not^ I 

 am sure^ know that they were not real china^ 

 but sat to them very contentedly^ with me, in 

 the corner, under the hawthorn bush." 



And now/' I said, before we leave the 

 oak, we ought to note its principal uses and 

 peculiarities. It is, perhaps, we may say, the 



