. Fig. 13.—The picture of the "Goose Tree," copied from the first edition of Gerard's " ; The fruit-like oval bodies are "barnacles" (Lepas) fancifully represented as growing like buds or fruit on a little tree. Some of the young geese are drawn as in the act of escaping from the barnacle-shells, and others are represented swimming in the water.

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