... two thousand feet in circumference, measured round the principal stems ; the overhanging branches, not yet struck down, cover a much larger space ; and under it grow a number of custard-apple and other fruit trees. Memoirs of India - Page 437by Robert Grenville Wallace - 1824Full view - About this book
| Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1838 - 480 pages
...away a considerable part of tUis extraordinar}. tree ; but what still remains is near two thousand feet in circumference, measured round the principal...branches, not yet struck down, cover a much larger space ; and under it grow a number of custard apples, and other fruit trees. The large trunks of this single... | |
| Joseph Taylor - Adventure and adventurers - 1838 - 672 pages
...what still remains is nearly two thousand feet in circumference, measured round the principal ktems; the over-hanging branches, not yet struck down, cover a much larger space, and under it grow a number of costard-apple and other fruit-trees. The large trunks of tins single... | |
| William Campbell - British - 1839 - 644 pages
...overshadowing beneficence. I have reposed under the Cubbeer Burr, which is the name of a banyan-tree in Guzerat of prodigious size. More than five regiments...English elms and oaks) amount to 350 ; the smaller steins, formed into strong supporters, are more than 3,000. It is filled with green wood -pigeons,... | |
| William Campbell - British - 1839 - 754 pages
...hottest beams of the sun. It is about 2000 feet in circumference, measured round the principal steins; the overhanging branches not yet struck down, cover...greatly exceed our English elms and oaks) amount to 3.00 ; the smaller stems, formed into strong supporters, are more than 3,000. It is fi11ed with green... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...with them such parts of tlie tree as had thus far extended their roots : yet what remains is alx>ut 2000 feet in circumference, measured round the principal...stems; the over-hanging branches, not yet struck down, over a much larger space. The chief trunks of this single tree (which in size greatly exceed our English... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1840 - 370 pages
...considerable part of this extraordinary tree ; but what still remains, is nearly two thousand feel in circumference, measured round the principal stems...branches, not yet struck down, cover a much larger space ; and under it grow a number of custard-apple and other fruit trees. The large trunks of this single... | |
| London missionary society - 1844 - 808 pages
...of prodigious size. More than five regiments might be accommodated under the delightful shade of it* canopy, impervious to the hottest beams of the sun....the overhanging branches not yet struck down cover • much larger space. The chief trunks of this single tree, which in size greatly exceed our English... | |
| Thomas Dick - Religion and science - 1844 - 364 pages
...away a considerable part of this extraordinary tree ; but what still remains, is nearly two thousand feet in circumference measured round the principal...overhanging branches, not yet struck down, cover a much lar ger space ; and under it grow a number of custard-apple and other fruit trees. The large trunks... | |
| Science - 1847 - 538 pages
...has a circumference of 2000 feet, measuring only round the principal stems. The overhanging branches cover a much larger space. The chief trunks of this single tree greatly exceed our English oaks and elms in thickness, and are above 350 in number ; while the smaller... | |
| Science - 1847 - 508 pages
...has a circumference of 2000 feet, measuring only round the principal stems. The overhanging branches cover a much larger space. The chief trunks of this single tree greatly exceed our English oaks and elms in thickness, and are above 330 in number ; while the smaller... | |
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