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in Judea, the Cedar of Lebanon being formerly found plentiful 

 along its banks. 



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 Cedrus Deodora, London, the Indian or Deodar Cedar. 

 The Deodar Cedar is called " Kelon," " Kolan," and 

 " Kolain," in Gurhwal, all Sanscrit variations for Cedar, 

 and its resinous products. In Kunawur it is known as the 

 " Kelmung" by the Arian population, and about Simla as that 

 of " Keloo,'' " Kelou," and " Kcoulee," all vernacular terms 

 for resin or its extracts, which, after its timber, is the most 

 valuable product of the tree. The Hindostanee names 

 ''Devadaru," " Deodara," and " Dewar," are all derived from 

 '' Deva" or " Derva" (deity), and " daru'^ (timber or tree), and 

 rendered by Sanscrit M^riters as "Tree of God," " Spirit-Bearer," 

 '' Devine-tree," and " Lord of Cedars." In Kafiristan the tree 

 is called " Nokhtur," on account of its prickly or pungent 

 leaves ; and the people of Nepal, Cashmere, and Persia apply 

 the same names and terms as those used by the hill people in 

 India, and hold it in equal veneration. It has not yet been 

 found in a natural state either in Eastern Nepal or Sikkim, 

 although these gigantic sons of snow fringe the bare rocks 

 and fix their roots where there appears to be very little soil, 

 on the lofty passes from Nepal to Cashmere ; and, according to 

 Captain Pemberton (in his rejDort on the Eastern Frontier), the 

 most southern point to which the Deodar has yet been traced 

 is the summit of the lofty ranges immediately west of Munepoor, 

 an interesting region, which, with the Singfo mountains, south- 

 east of Assam, carry the zone of perpetual snow farthest south 

 in India. The Deodar also grows to extraordinary dimensions 

 on all the higher mountains throughout the western Himalayas, 

 and occurs in vast forests in Kunawur, Kumaoon, Kooloo, 

 Mussoorie, and on the Chumbra range in Kangara, at eleva- 

 tions varying from 6,000 to 12,000 feet. At Rashulah, in 

 Kooloo, a forest exists with trees from 18 to 24 feet in girth, at 

 four feet from the ground ; and according to Dr. Jameson, two 

 trees measured by him near Mulari, in Gurhwal, at an elevation 



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