Chap. XXIV. RICH SCENERY NEAR SHIBDA'VVA. 87 
the sun's power; the trees, belonging to a great 
variety of species, were not thrown together into 
an impenetrable thicket of the forest, but formed 
into beautiful groups, exhibiting all the advantage 
of light and shade. There was the kana, with its 
rich dark- tinged foliage, the kadena, or butter-tree, 
which I here saw for the first time, exhibiting the 
freshest and most beautiful green; then the marke, 
more airy, and sending out its branches in more 
irregular shape, with light groups of foliage ; young 
tamarind trees rounding off their thick crown of 
foliage till it resembled an artificial canopy spread 
out for the traveller to repose in its shade, besides 
the gamji, the sheria, the sokutso, the turawa, and 
many other species of trees unknown to me ; while 
above them all, tall and slender gorebas unfolded 
their fan-crowns, just as if to protect the eye of the 
delighted wanderer from the rays of the morning 
sun, and to allow him to gaze undisturbed on the 
enchanting scenery around. Near the village Kashi 
even the gonda-tree or Carica Papaya, which is so 
rarely seen in these quarters, enlivened the scenery. 
The densely-luxuriant groves seemed to be the abode 
only of the feathered tribe, birds of numberless variety 
playing and warbling about in the full enjoyment of 
their liberty, while the " serdi," a large bird with 
beautiful plumage of a light-blue colour, especially at- 
tracted my attention. Now and then a herd of cattle 
was seen dispersed over the rich pasturage-grounds, all 
of white colour, and the bulls provided with a large fat 
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