f fü i t ; and, the fpondias ®fëï§, whof^mgetnefs, pkafadtly ’ tempered
with acid, readers it peculiar]y *agfêeablé in this, hot climate. • The pil,
law is' a tree of equal Angularity and life fiota'its^t’iunk
-branches are produced large fibrous bags, fometimes o f the weight of
•-twenty-five pounds, which are filled with nuts like thdeheftnut, and
-refeipbling the ' almond in ^flavour. The dillenia' indica is Remarkable
ToritS beauty, and valuable for its large pom&ceous fru.it of-a pure acid,
•and equal to-the white lilyin fragrance.^ Thenverrhoa cara-mbola pro-
-fiuces three crops of fruit -in -the year, -and another of the fai'he Mentis,
‘the a. bilimbi,- is in a manner covered with - large juicy berries' of the
•fizerof: a ihen’s -egg, -and refembling the;grape. The . mango however
us reckoned the moft'exquifite o f the Indian fruits,! and is found in cón-
.fiderable abundance,!, both wild and 1 cultivated, through- the whel#pe-
-ninfilla : nor ought the -cariffa-caranda to be omitted, or 'the' elepharft
-apple, (feronia elephantum,) almoftequallya favourite withthprart&nal
••whofe name it beats,^and -with the native Hindbos;r,-:T
Of-thé trees whofe prodtKe is-ufeftd in medicine or the^atts,-'théffidil;
•worthy of notice'are the caflia fiftula; the 'tamarind ; 'éhn' gahibogia,
. Trom whole bark-exudes the gum o f the fame name;; ■ thefiftryeHnös
-nuxvomicay the laurus cafiia, whofe bark, is-a commoq fubftitutglfor
•cinnamon 5. caefalpina fappan, a red wood'ufed in dying $ firiumifeyr-
mfoliuni likndal .woodk:R ftrychnos-potatorum, the fruit Of which* cèfted
-the clearing nut,'is in general-ufê for Rearing tnuddy Water jfTlttèlarpus
anacardium, or marking nut, ufed for giving a durable..black ftain to
cottony and goflypium arboreum, the tree cotton. The chief timber
-trees are the teak, ufed fpecially for lhip-lpiilding,;. a large tree called-by
botanifts .gyracarpus, whofe ftrong light wood is .in great- requeftfor
•rafts, or catamarans; the ebony; the ferreola, the hardeft of-all .'the
Indian woods; the nauclea cordifolia, of a clofe compact grain like
.boxwood 5 . and the dalbergia, a .dark grey wood with light coloured
.veins, very heavy, and capable of a moft exquifite polifh ; it is much »fed
for furniture. f
A few other trees require'notice from their fize or beauty, fuch as
.the banyan tree and Indian fig • the hibifeus ficulneus' is remarkable'b.y
Itsmagnitude, and the profufion of its elegant bloIToms,, and is o f peculiar
liar value: in a yopical cfimajfce,!a§ hardly, apy -infectsare found' tinder its Botamy.
fliade. The bombax fe^ba .rifes witfi. a tfyprny trunk eighteen feet in
eiïGqmference lp,-the height of-fifty feet without ,a branch} it then
throws pn* numerous houghs; which are adprneif in' the rajny feafon
with purple hloffomS. as large as the open hand, and thefe are fuceeeded
by capfpj^s filled yy^th- cotton. >The ftifufis asid" herhacapus'planfö/ are-.
innqm$rable* and .multitudes would be welt worth Recording: fqr their
beauty or ufe,.,if th.e nature ;of ,-tfcfis- worjc allpswed anl pppoitypity b
w.&Xjyrpgjt omit however^.thef-RndigOtand theoldplandia; {iRdkmmad-
der,).whencei{h(?l)QaHtiful.coloU(rs of.the Indian chintzes ar-ep^rooiiredj nor-
tl}ë daturametek-a. fhrub adorned all the year with !,arge 'trumpetrflidped
blo^qmsof t,he purell whifèti Th&ny&anthss-hirfuta, aadftheRaftninum
g r ^ ^ ^ f o f the-whole? eaft, the
fprrfler perfumi^^the'night,-ahd^^ tóïe^fceslii^fhfidlpf' The.glor.-
riofa;fuperba; cecropegiajefndel^rum» and! Ihdian vine, - form by tbeh
union bowers worthy of Paradifeand the butea ffip,erba,A ffqall free,,
by the ftriking. contrail ofiitsgreen leaves, kshfiek* 8ówërftalk% Andlitst
largefcarief papiKortaceous blófibmsr attr-a&s withits. oftentafious charms •
th è-hetice and'admiratiott 'óf;the' nioft incurious^' |
For an ample acconntof the zpoïëgy* oft Hkidoftanr the curitnts* reader’ zöol%r?
may cönfult MrRPSnnant’s’ Viëw ÖPthis country; this bëibg thë’pëeuliar’
pro'Viiibd of that1 jgreaft fikturaliff. ^iWé^Uttterööfs' cavalry pwhieh' * form
the armies of the Hlfidfio pfmöës,* iiiipljt* great’nünibers'of hbrfes'Y; gnd'
Aë4'bfe'edè' ttibff. ceKhratédlare thSfëTf Lahore 'anld' Tufkiftarrj-* bfit Rhé' .
grandees are-füpplied' frCrm Péffia and'Arabia;. ":The inferior breeds,',
though; ugly, - are -afiuvë'; and * m-fbme fegibris .there are poniesr not ex--
ceéctihg thirty inchesiri height.'16 Thé horfès of T5bef,' generally pyëd,1.
are oftèn 'iifed1 in Gangetic Hindöftan.' The atritaak cklféd ’ the wild •
imile, and the -wild aft* fotoetimespafë ih •Mèfd^tbhhe'northern tnöaai-t
tains,'from the centre of Afia,' and tKe'défërt' öf ‘CHbiv
The -cattle-of 'Hïndóftan aremumerousi. and ;'often of a large-fize,-with ’,
ahunch on the fhbuldérs. ' The fheep; arë^'Covered;^Withhaïk.-ihfiéad ófil
wpol, except in the moft. northetn pafts.v
is ■ •Pennarit, ,voI. ïij z^ v -;
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