in the Province of Bohcjf. 361 



lowing compi'ire fome other of its dimenfion?, which wete 

 taken with a cord of a given Ien2;th : — • 



Yards. Feet. 



Diameter of the branches from north to fouth 121, or 363 

 Diameter of ditto from eaft to weft - 125, or 375 



Circumference of the Ihadow of the extreme 



branches, taken at the meridian - 372, or Ill5 



Circumference of the feveral bodies or ftems, 



taken by carryii^g the cord round the outer- 



moft trunks _ _ _ ^07, or 931 



The feveral trunks may amount to fifty or fixty. 



N. B. The dropping fibres {lioot down from the knots or 

 joints of the boughs. 



This tree, as well as the peepel, and many other large trees 

 in India, is a creeper. It is often feen to fpring round other 

 trees, particularly round every fpecies of the palm. Th« 

 date, or palmyra, growing through the centre of a bamai^ 

 tree, looks extremely grand j and yet none of the Europeaa 

 I^dfcape painters, who have delineated views of this coun- 

 try, have introduced this chara6leriftic objeft into their 

 pieces. I have frequently obferved it alfo fliooting from old 

 walls, and running along them. In the infide of a large 

 brick-wall it lined the whole circumference of the internal 

 fpace of it, and thus actually became a tree turned infide out. 



Under the tree fat Si fakir, or devotee. He had been there 

 twenty-five years ; but he did not continue under the tree 

 throughout the year, his vow obliging him to lie, during the 

 four coldeft months, up to his neck in the Ganges ; and to 

 |)t, during the four hotteft months, clofp to a large fire. 



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