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borlase’s account. 
its top reclined to the east. Iq this much 
more solid wood the teredo had made no 
lodgments ; we traced the body of this tree 
as it lay shelving, the length of seven feet, 
but to wdiat further depth the body reached 
we could not discern, because of the imme¬ 
diate influx of water, as soon as we had 
mad a pit for discovery. The earth reached 
within six inches of the surface of the 
sands; but so firmly rooted was the tree 
that no sledge could move it : not so fixed 
was the stock of a willow tree, with the 
bark on, one foot and a half diameter, with¬ 
in tw o paces of the oak, where, upon endeav¬ 
ouring to cleave oflF a part of the willow, 
the earth shook so much under the people 
at work, they were in some doubt whether 
they had best proceed: the timber of the 
w illow^ was changed into a ruddy colour by 
lying so long in salt water. Hard by we 
found part of a hazel branch, with its fat 
glossy bark on. The earth in all the tried 
places, appeared to be a black, cold, marsh, 
earth, covered only with a thin layer of 
sand, but very little intermixed. In it we 
find frasrments of the leaves ot the Jwicus 
