Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 243
s, and bread. Probably there is no other wild, four-footedanimal that becomes so tame as a racoon. Itseems to manifest a real affection for its care-taker, and has many other interesting traits. THE BURL AND ITS USES One of the most interesting natural deformitiesis the so-called burl, a growth… … TRAYS, PLATES, BOWLS, AND SOUVENIRSMADE FROM BURLS. grew around the base of the tree, and measuredtwenty-five feet in circumference and eighteenfeet in height. It was hollow, the walls beingfrom two to six feet thick. The tree itself wasonly about six feet in diameter. A burl of thissize is of rare…
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