IN NATURE’S CLUTCH
TEMPLE SEIZED BY TREE When given time, Nature plays many strange tricks, and few of her pranks arc odder than this one. In the dense forests of French Indo-China a temple has stood for many centuries. Many years ago a tree began growing from soil which had lodged' between the cracks of the rocky roof, and in the course of time the roote twined themselves around the temple. The building is believed to have been erected about 1000 years ago. There is no record of when the tree began to grow. Each year it takes a firmer grip upon the little temple and shoots its roots farther and farther into the surrounding ground. Now only the steps and the entrance are clear.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6835, 16 April 1932, Page 5
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125IN NATURE’S CLUTCH Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6835, 16 April 1932, Page 5
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