Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s1.28

v1.c17.s1.28

The fig tree; not that kind for fruit renowned,
But such as at this day, to Indians known
In Malabar or Decan, spreads her arms
Branching so broad and long, that in the ground
The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow
About the mother tree, a pillar’d shade
High overarched, and echoing walks between.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool and tends his pasturing herds.”
—“Those leaves
They gathered, broad as Amazonian targe.”
*Paradise Lost*, Book ix. 1100 ff.