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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 216 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TRAVE , a See also:

RIVER

river of See also:

north See also:

Germany, rising in the See also:

OLDENBURG

Oldenburg principality of See also:

LUBECK

Lubeck, between See also:

EUTIN

Eutin and Ahrensbock. Flowing at first southwards through small lakes and marshes, it then turns See also:

west and, confined within See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and sandy See also:

banks, enters the Prussian See also:

province of See also:

SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig-See also:

Holstein. It now bends due See also:

south to Oldesloe, from which point it is navigable. Hence it takes an easterly course, and, entering the territory of the See also:

FREE

free See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Lubeck, receives from the right the Stecknitz, through which and the Stecknitz See also:

canal built by the merchantsof Lubeck in 1398) a See also:

DIRECT

direct See also:

WATER

water communication is maintained with the See also:

ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe, and passing the city of Lubeck discharges itself into the Baltic at the See also:

PORT

port of See also:

TRAVEMUNDE

Travemunde after a course of 58 m. Its See also:

LOWER

lower course from Lubeck to the See also:

sea has been dredged to a See also:

DEPTH

depth of 25 ft., permitting sea-going vessels to See also:

lie alongside the wharves and quays. TRAVELLER'S See also:

TREE, a remarkable tree, native of See also:

MADAGASCAR

Madagascar and See also:

REUNION

Reunion, with a straight See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem reaching 30 ft. in height and bearing at the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top a number of large See also:

long-stalked leaves which spread vertically like a See also:

FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan. The See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf has a large sheath at the See also:

BASE

base in which water collects in such quantity as to yield a copious See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught--hence the popular name. The plant is known botanically as Rarenala Madagascariensis and belongs to the same See also:

FAMILY

family as the See also:

BANANA

banana (Musaceae).

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