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PALMS. 



uses came -witliiii 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 A^arious 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 



