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THE PALM. 



Harriet^ in turning over some landscapes 

 of Eastern scenery^ remarked the tall trees, 

 with leaves only at the top ; some of which 

 were seen in almost every print. 



They are Palm-trees, my dear/' said 

 Mr. Longhurst ; and of them we will now 

 take some notice, as they well deserve our 

 attention, and call for our admiration of that 

 peculiar goodness, by which, as we before ob- 

 served, the Creator has exactly suited His 

 gifts to the occasions and circumstances of 

 those who receive them. The Palm, or date- 

 palm, rears its majestic and beneficent form in 

 desert tracts of fierce heat, where all other 

 trees leave the almost perishing traveller to 



