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that, altho common in India, it is not very 

 commonly found in that ftate of grandeur, 

 in which it is here defcribed. Nor indeed 

 will it eafily take that very regular form, 

 without fome little affiftance from, art. In- 

 ftead of the Indian berdfman, whom Milton 

 introduces, it is often at this day, inhabited 

 by a Bramin; who builds his little reed- 

 thatched med againft it's trunk > and amufes 

 his leifure by directing it's lengthening branches 

 into proper places ; and forming each into a 

 regular arch. Here, u dreffed in a long white 

 tunic, the habit of his order, and adorned 

 with a flowing beard, he fpends his folitary 

 hours in wandering among the verdant allies 

 of his tree, fcarce ever leaving it's limits. 

 The inhabitants of the diftrict refort daily 

 to him with the neceflaries of life ; and 

 receive, in return, his prayers, and benedic- 

 tions. 



There is a tree in the ifland of Java, called the 

 Upas, or poifon-tree, which (in the hiftory 

 of curious trees) mould not be omitted ; tho 

 the accounts of it are fo wonderful, that 

 fome have efteemed them fabulous. They 



are 



