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Chapter 10

           "Why,therearedozensofbanyanshere!Whatdoyoumeanbytalkingbadgrammar?Isyourphilosophydesertingyou,Jack?"

           "Thereisbutonetreehereofthiskind,"returnedJack,"asyouwillperceiveifyouwillexamineit."And,sureenough,wedidfindthatwhatwehadsupposedwasaforestoftreeswasinrealityonlyone.Itsbarkwasofalightcolour,andhadashiningappearance,theleavesbeinglance-shaped,small,andofabeautifulpea-green.Butthewonderfulthingaboutitwasthatthebranches,whichgrewoutfromthestemhorizontally,sentdownlongshootsorfibrestotheground,which,takingroot,hadthemselvesbecometrees,andwerecoveredwithbarklikethetreeitself.Manyofthesefibreshaddescendedfromthebranchesatvariousdistances,andthussupportedthemonnaturalpillars,someofwhichweresolargeandstrongthatitwasnoteasyatfirsttodistinguishtheoffspringfromtheparentstem.Thefibreswereofallsizesandinallstatesofadvancement,fromthepillarswehavejustmentionedtosmallcordswhichhungdownandwereabouttotakeroot,andthinbrownthreadsstillfarfromtheground,whichswayedaboutwitheverymotionofwind.Inshort,itseemedtousthat,iftherewereonlyspaceaffordedtoit,thissingletreewouldatlengthcoverthewholeisland.

           Shortlyafterthiswecameuponanotherremarkabletree,which,asitspeculiarformationafterwardsprovedextremelyusefultous,meritsdescription.Itwasasplendidchestnut,butitspropernameJackdidnotknow.

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