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A Warning

           Theystoodlikepillarsallmoldedexactlyalike,andcouldbecountedbyhundreds.Atanenormousheighttheyspreadoutinchapletsofbranches,roundedandadornedattheirextremitywithalternateleaves.Attheaxleoftheseleavessolitaryflowersdroopeddown,thecalyxofwhichresemblesaninvertedurn.

           Underthisleafydome,whichneverlostitsgreenness,theaircirculatedfreely,anddriedupthedampnessoftheground.Horses,cattle,andwagoncouldeasilypassbetweenthetrees,fortheywerestandinginwiderows,andparceledoutlikeawoodthatwasbeingfelled.Thiswasneitherlikethedensely-packedwoodschokedupwithbrambles,northevirginforestbarricadedwiththetrunksoffallentrees,andovergrownwithinextricabletanglesofcreepers,whereonlyironandfirecouldopenupatrack.Agrassycarpetatthefootofthetrees,andacanopyofverdureabove,longperspectivesofboldcolors,littleshade,littlefreshnessatall,apeculiarlight,asiftherayscamethroughathinveil,dappledlightsandshadessharplyreflectedontheground,madeupawhole,andconstitutedapeculiarspectaclerichinnoveleffects.TheforestsoftheOceaniccontinentdonotintheleastresembletheforestsoftheNewWorld;andtheEucalyptus,the"Tara"oftheaborigines,belongingtothefamilyofMYRTACEA,thedifferentvarietiesofwhichcanhardlybeenumerated,isthetreeparexcellenceoftheAustralianflora.

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