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The Sacred Tree of Kum-bum

Nature volume 28, pages 79–80 (1883)Cite this article

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PERHAPS the following statement may throw a little light on what was the tree seen by the Abbé Huc:—

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    E. L. LAYARD

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LAYARD, E. The Sacred Tree of Kum-bum. Nature 28, 79–80 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028079b0

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