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yond the reach of tlie sea, in token of his grati- 

 tude, he, 'Vfitli the gtssistasi^ Of tih iDllowei*s, 

 carved on granite rofek (** wHfili you now 



sec,'' is adiled by the narrator) a gigantic statue 

 of himself ; rciiiavkiiin', that its <iTeat liei^ilit 

 would show the wonderful recovery he had ex- 

 perieta^d, being a very littk man in stature ; 

 '^ hr h^ h&d ris^j hj fte itoing <^ ih^ god 

 of all gods, to an undeserved height of hapin'ne^s 

 and bodily vigour ; the memorial of wbicli would 

 thus be handed down to millions yet unborn," 



Numerous families, from the high* country 

 0f tTiie int@ifi)0Ej smtL iatowarda emigi*»ted to thte 

 sea coast J for it had become an imperious duty 

 on the part of the rajali, on whom a miraculous 

 cure had been so unexpectedly wrougljt by tlie 

 fruit of the cocoa-nut tree, to give publicity to 

 tile cit«taitt#taiices Whidsli ©riginally intJ^odttoed to 

 him and his followers a knowledge of that splen- 

 did production ; whilst tlie conviction of its 

 transcendent utility pointed out its propMo-ation 

 as a nc\ cr-i'ailinii" source of iiKli\ idual advantage 

 and of progressiire uaisional prosperity. 



Tld$ useial tree is of the Mon^eciiotid ^Ite^ 

 order Hexandm, and is the Cocosf nucifera of 



* *f Kandi," high, lofty, wowntainous. 



f The Cocos is a name «aui W tte taken from the Portu- 



