AN EXTRAORDINARY TREE.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 347, 1 January 1903, Page 5

AN EXTRAORDINARY TREE.

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fa Vh» Congo ragton th*?tf fS B most remarkable tree, of whieh Xuropeant had often heard, but oi which they had never Men a picture until a few <3&y* ago, when several photographs oi it, whieh were taken by order of the Congo government* arrived in Parte, Berlin and London. The tree is known as the baobab of Kinschaasa, and it is believed to be the largest tree of He kind in all Africa, saye the Now York Herald. Xinschassa to on thd Congo rail* road, about an hour and a half's ride from Leopoldvilie, and to a flourish* tag plaee, having several factories and an English mission. The banks of the Stanley pool are low at this point and several huge baobabs grow on them. The natives call these monsters "monkeys' bread trees," and their aetontiflo aam* to. "Adanioafo digitato." The monarch of them all, which has just been photographed, is over SO feet in circumference, yet, etraoge to say, it is hardly 30 feet in height. Its gigantic b ashes are leafless and withered, and the trunk itself has for many years shown signs oi decay. Indeed, it is quite hollow on on* side, and it is evident thai it cannot survive much longer. At the foot its growth has been most abundant, as can be seen from the great breadth and aottdity, not only of the main trunk, but also at Ma aumesssa efl* ,hoflt * ' /*" • ■ Bar« ob On Bemcws , """ , " rw STKsj fcxpezience of the WermaaiSKny in China tends to prove that both American and Australian horses are unsatisfactory in that country. They are of good blood and breed, but suffer sadly from the long saa voyage and the unaesustemed food, as, w fortunately, ealy green Sorag* to «b®« ally obtains!**. Mongol gsotofl W» proving tho go* wefmL Vtimm (feasor* Oa«ff&t MasCnnHb. Staring his honeymoon the prises consort of Holland distinguished htosself by personally arresting two richer* whoa Its saught trespassing parsu* tsf ajasjw fej ®» tstsmM ffet&Mh . --, -,--. iiiiliiliimiP"