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Show FIND FOREST OF BURIED OAKS Trees In England Have Been Underground Under-ground 2,000 Years. A wondorful relic of tho past has been brought to light nt Yaxloy, Peterborough, Pe-terborough, In tho discovery of what Is most probably a burled forost. At a depth of soven feet hnvo been found n number of oak trees which havo lain burled for somo 2,000 years. Most of tho trees aro almost perfect In condition, and nro being sold to funilturo manufacturers and others. Altogether about eighty trees havo been rnlscd, and hundreds moro aro loft In tho ground untouched at a depth of flvo or six feet. In nearly all tho enscs tho roots nro found attached. at-tached. Tho trees aro In clusters of threo or four, pointing In different directions, di-rections, nnd In somo Instances they Ho across each other. Tho wood Is cxtremoly hard, nnd can only bo worked by machlnory; It turns tho edge of an nxe. Some of tho trees aro being cut up for uso In tho mystcrlotiB mansion which Is being be-ing built for Mr. Astor. London Chronicle. ' |