"Among ancient Trees there are few, I believe, at least in 
      France, so worthy of attention as an Oak which may be seen in the 
      'Pays de Caux,' about a league from Yvetot, close to the church, 
      and in the burial-ground of Allonville.
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        "The height of this Tree does not answer to its girth; the 
      trunk, from the roots to the summit, forms a complete cone; and 
      the inside of this cone is hollow throughout the whole of its 
      height.
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        "Such is the Oak of Allonville in its state of nature. The hand 
      of Man, however, has endeavoured to impress upon it a character 
      still more interesting, by adding a religious feeling to the 
      respect which its age naturally inspires.
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        "The lower part of its hollow trunk has been transformed into a 
      Chapel of six or seven feet in diameter, carefully wainscoted and 
      paved, and an open iron gate guards the humble Sanctuary.
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        "Leading to it there is a staircase, which twists round the body 
      of the Tree. At certain seasons of the year divine service is 
      performed in this Chapel.
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        "The summit has been broken off many years, but there is a 
      surface at the top of the trunk, of the diameter of a very large 
      tree, and from it rises a pointed roof, covered with slates, in 
      the form of a steeple, which is surmounted with an iron Cross, 
      that rises in a picturesque manner from the middle of the leaves, 
      like an ancient Hermitage above the surrounding Wood.
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        "Over the entrance to the Chapel an Inscription appears, which 
      informs us it was erected by the Abbe du Detroit, Curate of 
      Allonville in the year 1696; and over a door is another, 
      dedicating it 'To Our Lady of Peace.'"
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<dd>"Vide 14 No. Saturday Magazine."
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