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"
And
what
is
this
tree
which
resembles
a
little
palm
?
"
asked
Harding
.
"
It
is
a
'
cycas
revoluta
,
'
of
which
I
have
a
picture
in
our
dictionary
of
Natural
History
!
"
said
Herbert
.
"
But
I
ca
n't
see
any
fruit
on
this
shrub
!
"
observed
his
companion
.
"
No
,
captain
,
"
replied
Herbert
;
"
but
its
stem
contains
a
flour
with
which
nature
has
provided
us
all
ready
ground
.
"
"
It
is
,
then
,
the
bread-tree
?
"
"
Yes
,
the
bread-tree
.
"
"
Well
,
my
boy
,
"
replied
the
engineer
,
"
this
is
a
valuable
discovery
,
since
our
wheat
harvest
is
not
yet
ripe
;
I
hope
that
you
are
not
mistaken
!
"
Herbert
was
not
mistaken
:
he
broke
the
stem
of
a
cycas
,
which
was
composed
of
a
glandulous
tissue
,
containing
a
quantity
of
floury
pith
,
traversed
with
woody
fiber
,
separated
by
rings
of
the
same
substance
,
arranged
concentrically
.
With
this
fecula
was
mingled
a
mucilaginous
juice
of
disagreeable
flavor
,
but
which
it
would
be
easy
to
get
rid
of
by
pressure
.
This
cellular
substance
was
regular
flour
of
a
superior
quality
,
extremely
nourishing
;
its
exportation
was
formerly
forbidden
by
the
Japanese
laws
.
Cyrus
Harding
and
Herbert
,
after
having
examined
that
part
of
the
Far
West
where
the
cycas
grew
,
took
their
bearings
,
and
returned
to
Granite
House
,
where
they
made
known
their
discovery
.
