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Tropical nature, and other essays (1878)

Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913, Stopford, Frederick William, former owner. DSI, Bayer, Frederick M., former owner. DSI, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 53

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small trees grown together atthe centre. Sometimes the junction of what seem to bethe component parts, is so imperfect, that gaps or holesare left by which you can see through the trunk invarious places. At first one is disposed to think this is 32 TROPICAL NATURE, AND OTHER ESSAYS. caused by… … Sections of trunk of a Bornean Forest-tree. 1. Section at seven feet from the ground. 2. 3. Sections much higher up. forest-tree, more than 200 feet high, but rather slenderin proportion, and it was by no means an extremeexample of its class. This peculiar form is probablyproduced by the downward…

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