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Updated: September 4, 2024


Most of the cases referred to by Darwin, however, seem to be doubtful and cannot be considered as true proofs of atavism until more is known about the circumstances under which they were produced. Red or brown-leaved varieties of trees and shrubs also occasionally produce green-leaved branches, and in this way revert to the type from which they must evidently have arisen.

The frost on the edges of the brown-leaved bracken gave a faint colour. Here and there, intense silver dazzled their eyes. As they advanced amid the icy hush, so hard and instant was the ring of the earth under them, their steps sounded as if expected. "This night seems made for me!" said Emilia. Tracy had no knowledge of the object of the expedition.

They had scarcely gone a mile before the head-light fell upon a moving form half walking, half crawling among some stunted brown-leaved bushes by the side of a broad, stagnant stream. "Look!" said Zaidie, clasping his arm, "is that a gorilla, or no, it can't be a man." The light was turned full upon the object.

The frost on the edges of the brown-leaved bracken gave a faint colour. Here and there, intense silver dazzled their eyes. As they advanced amid the icy hush, so hard and instant was the ring of the earth under them, their steps sounded as if expected. "This night seems made for me!" said Emilia. Tracy had no knowledge of the object of the expedition.

The Egyptian tobacco, sometimes mixed with that of Sennar, is the cheapest, and in great demand throughout the Hedjaz. There are two sorts of it: the leaf of one is green, even when dry; this is called ribbe, and comes from Upper Egypt: the other is brown-leaved, the best sort of which grows about Tahta, to the south of Siout.

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