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mats^ cordage^ and other articles of domestic 

 use^ are manufactured from the fibrous parts of 

 the tree ; and the trunks though unfit to cut 

 into planks^ answers well for posts^ rails^ and 

 similar coarse purposes." 



Harriet was now seen whispering to Mrs. 

 Heathfield^ who presently said that her young 

 friend had some farther information to commu- 

 nicate on the same subject. 



Most gladly will I be a hearer/' said Mr. 

 Longhurst. 



We all smiled to see how the arch little 

 girl pursed her mouth up primly^ and spoke 

 as follows : 



^' There is a great river, — the name is of no 

 consequence, as I forget it, but it is somewhere 

 in South America, — and the banks of it are 

 covered with palm-trees of a certain sort : and 

 those parts are apt sometimes to be covered 



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