. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 70 IJIOGBAPHY. having escaped the teeth of the destroyer, sent up its verdant shoot through the hole in the centre of the procumbent millstone. " One day I pointed out this rising tree to a gentleman who was standing by, and I said ' If this young plant escape destruction, some time or other it will support the millstone, and raise it from
. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 70 IJIOGBAPHY. having escaped the teeth of the destroyer, sent up its verdant shoot through the hole in the centre of the procumbent millstone. " One day I pointed out this rising tree to a gentleman who was standing by, and I said ' If this young plant escape destruction, some time or other it will support the millstone, and raise it from the ground. He seemed to doubt this. In order, however, that the plant might have. MUT-TREE AKD MILL-STONE. a fair chance of success, I directed that it should be defended from accident and harm by means of a wooden paling. " Year after year it increased in size and beauty, and when its expansion had entirely filled up the hole in the centre of the millstone, it gradually began to raise up the millstone itself from the seat of its long repose. This. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London ; New York : Macmillan
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