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An object of much interest this morning is a large cypress tree that had floated ashore in yesterday’s stormy, flood tide. Lying well up on the beach, the tree attracts a number of beach walkers, who now stand beside it, examining the trunk, the leafless branches, and roots. It had been floating in the sea for a long time, because in places the trunk had been drilled by teredos. On the roots are several colonies of clustered barnacle shells. — Diary, autumn 2009
