shattered, support the whole of its yet spreading and ever-green branches. They are particularly beautiful, being adorned with long tress-like tendrils, resembling heron-feathers, growing from a central stem. These slender and delicate sprigs, bending towards the ground, give the whole the appearance of a weeping willow; while their gentle waving in the wind made a low and melancholy sound."Upon a tradition of the Arabs extendingo beyond a thousand years, The founds the following conjecture: From its race not being known in this country, some excuse may be offered for supposing it a germ from the ancient royal gardens of Babylon, whose groves, we have reason to believe, once spread around that now solitary tree."-P. 370.

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