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...There’s nothing man-made here yet, save a series of wooden stakes which mark the future perimeter of the flagpole, nearly 300ft in circumference, and an “X” on the ground in the centre....
...I slice along the trails, which weave maniacally through forests of black spruce, jack pine, balsam fir and larch....
...Famously, the balsam plantations were taken away from King Herod by Mark Antony and given to his beloved Cleopatra as a present....
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