 I never saw a Big Tree that had died a natural death; barring accidents they seem to be immortal, being exempt from all the diseases that afflict and kill other trees. Unless destroyed by man, they live on indefinitely until burned, smashed by lightning,...  A History of the New California, Its Resources and People - Stran 328avtor: Leigh Hadley Irvine - 1905 - 1199 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Muir - 1917 - 354 strani
...conditions 199 these giants probably live five thousand years or more, though few of even the larger trees are more than half as old. I never saw a Big...on indefinitely until burned, smashed by lightning, or cast down by storms, or by the giving way of the ground on which they stand. The age of one that... | |
 | John Muir, Terry Gifford - 1996 - 940 strani
...rot, or any other kind of rot. I never saw a sick sequoia, or one that seemed to be dying of old age. Unless destroyed by man, they live on indefinitely until burned, smashed by lightning, or cast down by the giving way of the ground on which they stand. These king trees, all that there... | |
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...favorable conditions these giants probably live 5, (XX) years or more, though few of even the larger trees are more than half as old. I never saw a Big Tree that had died a natural death; Iwrring accidents they seem to be immortal, being exempt from all the diseases that afflict and kill... | |
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