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CHAP. 10. (5.)—THE INDIAN THORN.

There is in India, also, a kind of thorn1 very similar to ebony, though it may be distinguished from it, by the aid of a lantern even; for, on the application of flame, it will instantly run across the tree. We will now proceed to describe those trees which were the admiration of Alexander the Great in his victorious career, when that part of the world was first revealed by his arms.

1 It is not known to what tree he alludes.

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