Note 58 — Chapter II · THE WONDERFUL FORMS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.
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The bambos arundinacea, or bamboo cane, is a reed or plant of the grass kind, which frequently grows to the height of the tallest trees. The stem is hollow, and the parts of it between the joints are used by the natives to form their canoes. We have an account of them in Herodotus, B. iii.