“[Tacitus] noted that the penalty for someone who dared peel the bark of a living tree (and thus kill the tree) was to have his navel cut out and nailed to the tree and then be driven around the tree until all his guts were wound about its trunk.” PunishmentTreesTree QuotesPunishment Quotes Book:The Wood: The Life & Times of Cockshutt Wood Source: The Wood: The Life & Times of Cockshutt Wood