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THE WEDBED BANIAN THEE, 
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iI'OOo^ Mogul empire, are there celebrated. It is said 
I r'is ] Poi'sons find .ample room to repose under its shade. 
custom of the British residents in 
p lionting and shooting parties, to form ex- 
togetlier, under 
>, ri • Pavilion, which affords a shelter to all tra- 
® religious tribes of the Hindoos. 
V''''es ,, y mio^l with a variety of birds, snakes, and 
of whom both divert the spectator by 
'ofoi'cst him by the parental affection 
to 
•C’l>"ei7f® young offspring, in teaching them to 
'V^gh , ^’^ort themselves in jumping from bough 
'o taking, as they acquire strength, still 
V ^‘)cou 1'^® 1^0 tliose efforts, 
\ caresses, when timorous, and 
o even beat them, when refractory. 
WEDDED BANIAN TREE. 
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Si ' Or of the Banian, or Burr trees, ts the 
- ^cus rehgiosa, which is not uncommon m Guz- 
*4 ^ singular variety of vegetation. It may 
te^itio-s belonging to the order of creepers, and 
C'^'- different trees, particularly the palmyra, 
V 'fee 1 7 growing through the centre of a 
peipal frequently 
nk.® walls, and runs along them, so as to cause 
, ~ ....us, culu inns along tnem, so as to cause 
P ^^omenon of v'egetation. In the province of 
\;®^eof fl •“* 
“ le oiese trees was seen by an English traveller, 
of a large brick well, the whole circnmference 
9 [7 of which it lined, and thus actually 
'^iip burned inside out. A banian tree thus in- 
i Vi||''^ipty ) but^ the general usefulness and beauty 
hti Se „,y^ ospeciallv in overshadowine^ the niihlir 
overshadowing the public wells 
'^^elim °“'y be known by those who live 
ti, 
the cocoa-nut tree. 
''"liAotlcl ,L "'bich Providence has bestowed on the 
' 'r'h M tree is the one most deserving 
® ^htoef ^ blessings which are conveyed to man, by 
oction of nature, are incalculable. It grow* 
