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the shrubs, trees, and creeping plants that adorn the 
enclosed lands in Dhuboy, and which in the rainy sea¬ 
son are profusely covered with blossoms of every hue, 
he adds, “ their early fragrance is delicious; the nightly 
dews, impregnated by the odours, exhale their short¬ 
lived sweets, and render a morning walk delightful.” 
This glowing sketch brings to mind a sentiment in a 
Turkish ode: — 
“ The sweetness of the bower has made the air so fragrant, 
That the dew before it falls is changed into rose-water;” 
which is thus rhythmically rendered by Sir William 
Jones: — 
“ The dew-drops sprinkled, by the musky gale 
Are changed to essence, ere they reach the dale.” 
This elegant and profound scholar speaks with the 
most delighted enthusiasm of the vegetable wonders of 
the East; sometimes appearing almost at a loss for terms 
to describe their variety, beauty, and fragrancy; and to 
his spirit of research we are indebted for an introduction 
to many exquisite Indian plants before unknown. 
Amongst those which he mentions with the most lavish 
encomiums, are the Nyctantlies, a tribe nearly allied to 
the jasmines; indeed, it is a disputed point amongst 
