Original caption "ILN Vol. 72 p, 509: 1878. (Melton Prior) Said to be the largest tree in the Waterkloof. In the Kaffir War, after some heavy fighting, Sir G. Cathcart had his name and the date carved on the tree. It lived until about 1875 when it began to die. It was about 150 ft. high and 29 ft. in circumference (i.e. 45.6 m high and 8.8 m round)."
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:26953 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | still image |
| Format | jpg, This item is held by the Selmar Schonland Herbarium (GRA), Grahamstown, South Africa, Photograph (black and white) ; 10 x 15 cm (accompanied by text) |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
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