Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 544
ular root which, tradition says, Co-lumbus used, still thrusts out its strong and vigor-ous arm. The branches of the tree are wide-spreading and perhaps gave shade to the restingexplorer and his party. —Frederic Dean. There are various traditions regarding thistree. Some people even claim that the… … A FAMOUS OLD TREE IN* PORTO RICO, KNOWN AS COLUMBUS S HITCHING-POST. tree, known as Columbuss hitching-post. Sci-entists, who have examined the tree, say that it isfully a thousand years old, and the people wholive in its vicinity declare that the peculiar for-mation of the roots—protruding some…
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