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Show A Mammoth Tree. There is an enormous tree in the Oc-mulgee Oc-mulgee river swamp, near Abbeville, that rivals the famous giants of the California forest. The tree is of tho Tupelo guin variety, and towers above the surrounding forest of immense oaks. It is evidently of great ago, and doubtless was inhabited by Indians in the prehistorio age of this country. The tree ia hollow at the base with an auerture large enough to admit a' tall man. The hollow extends upward for a distanee of fifteen feet, affording space enough for two stories. The hollow at the base Is twelve feet in diameter Abbeville (Ga.) Times. |