...tous deux prennent leur route : Parmi les plants nombreux qui composent sa voûte, The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this...shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At...

...the thickest wood; there soon they chose The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such ae at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads...root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillav'd shade 1106 High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning...

...expression, which has given occasion to the sneer. The fig-tree, riot that kind for fruit renown 'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms What could they do for needles and thread ? But the original signifies no more than that they twisted...

...foliage and concealing shades. Braome. 182 BOOK IX. 183 The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown 'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms What could they do for needles and thread? But the original signifies no more than that they twisted...

...counselled he ; and both together went Into the thickest wood : there soon they chose The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd. But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malahar or Decan spreads her a rax, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs...

...beautifully described by Milton : — " Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bending twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over arched and echoing walks between." Of all trees, it is the most charming of nature's productions,...

...in this fruit is, that scarcely any two mangoes off the same tree are of the same colour inside. z Branching so broad and long, that in •the -ground...shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Some of these trees cover a large piece of ground, where a hundred people might be well shaded, and...

...the banyan as the hiding-place of Adam and Eve after their fall : They chose — the fig-tree, such to Indians known In Malabar or Decan, spreads her...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,...

...proceed farther in description, when Milton has so sweetly sung its characters ? " The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd But such as at this day to India known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms, * No fruit in England, in my opinion, is equal to...

...Milton's celebrated description of the Indian Fig : " 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 bending twigs take root,...