The leaves, bark and acorns of the oak were believed to heal many medical ailments including diarrhoea, inflammation and kidney stones. There are around 600 species of oak. In Britain we have two ...

Rattler, when she proved to be the ship Charter Oak, from Philadelphia ... 35° she fell in with the Norwegian bark Johannes, Capt. KORN, from New-York for Cork, with signal of distress flying.