 Into the thickest wood ; there soon they chose The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and...  Life in India - Page 89by Caleb Wright - 1854 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Shute Duncan - 1825 - 124 pages
...They chose — the fig-tree, such to Indians known In Malabar or Decan, spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending twigs take root, and daughters grow About their mother-tree, a pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between, &c. PAR. LOST. 1100.... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1826 - 652 pages
...renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Dcccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending...root, and daughters grow, About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning... | |
 | Christianity - 1826 - 696 pages
...renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending...root, and daughters grow, About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning... | |
 | Bible - 1827 - 264 pages
...known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, 1108 Shelters in cool, and... | |
 | Christianity - 1829 - 510 pages
...— — ' Such, as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar, or Deccan, spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending...mother tree, a pillared shade, High, over-arched, and echoing walks between.' Sirs, the parent tree is already planted, the soil is rich, the waters... | |
 | Botany, Economic - 1829 - 446 pages
...ancient naturalist almost literally, in the following beautiful passage : — " Branching so broad along, that in the ground The bending twigs take root ; and...shade, High over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool; and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes... | |
 | Robert Monteath - Drainage - 1829 - 262 pages
...estate of Braco, " Like the famed Indian Banyan tree, In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending...root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over arched, and echoing walls between — There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning... | |
 | Botany, Economic - 1830 - 438 pages
...ancient naturalist almost literally, in the following beautiful passage : — " Branching so broad along, that in the ground The bending twigs take root ; and...shade, High over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool; and tends his pasturing herds ; At... | |
 | English periodicals - 1830 - 430 pages
...passage : — " Branching so broad along, that in the ground The hending twigs take root; and "aughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillared shade High over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool : and tends bis pasturing herds At loop-holes... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...take root; and daughters A very interesting account of the Fig, enables us to give the subjoined :— About the mother tree; a pillared shade High over-arched, with echoing walks between. grow There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool : and tends his pasturing herds... | |
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