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pines ; it was six feet broad^ and from three 

 to six feet in depth : its length was forty-four 

 thousand English feet. This had to be brought 

 over the summits of rocks^ or along their sides, 

 or under ground, or over deep chasms ; but 

 the perseverance of the designer, M. Rupp, 

 triumphed over what most men would have 

 called impossibilities ; nor was it much longer 

 than a year and a half before it was completed. 

 The trees descended from their heights with 

 a rapidity almost inconceivable. The larger 

 pines, which were about one hundred feet in 

 length, performed the nine miles in about six 

 minutes ! Young Gentlemen, how would you 

 have liked a ride on one of those long-backed 

 wooden horses ?" 



O Sir, said Harry, it makes me tremble 

 to think of it. I remember once sliding down 

 the banisters in our hall ; and I thought then 



