tamarind-tree

Thus, in the good old times, did the lords, barons, and marquises gather themselves under the old elms of the village, to discuss the concerns of their vassals; in like manner did my father collect us under the tamarind-tree to regulate the affairs of his republic, and also to enjoy the landscapes which our island afforded.

Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Pierre Raymond de Brisson

Judas is believed to have hanged himself on a tamarind-tree, which, before that time, was a tall, beautiful tree.

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

Bronze-hued coolies balance heavy loads on the swaying _pikolan_, a sloping pole of elastic bamboo, and strolling players, rouged and tinselled, collect crowds in every open space where a fluttering tamarind-tree offers a welcome patch of shadow to each turbaned audience, clad in the paradisaical garb of the tropics.

Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings

During the time of the greatest heats, for we could not long endure the rays of the sun, we passed a part of the Sunday under a very bushy tamarind-tree, which stood at a little distance from our cottage.

Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Pierre Raymond de Brisson

While he was going along thus desperate he came across a tamarind-tree.

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

Then came a tremendous crash of thunder, like the sound of heaven's dome breaking in, it was so fearfully loud and awesome; and the reverberating roar was accompanied by a vivid flash of forked lightning, whose zigzag stream struck a tall tamarind-tree standing in front of me, splintering the trunk from top to bottom with a scrunching noise like that made in rending timber!

The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg

The purser was now sufficiently recovered to join us in our rambles of an evening, in one of which we came near a large tamarind-tree, where a number of humming-birds were flying around.

A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

The arrow of the youngest hits a tamarind-tree; he is married to it, but his bride turns out to be a female monkey.

Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler

Hard by the mahout was cooking his dinner under a tamarind-tree.

Adventures in Many Lands Various

In order to procure rain the inhabitants of Monyo, a village in the Sagaing district of Upper Burma, chose the largest tamarind-tree near the village and named it the haunt of the spirit (nat) who controls the rain.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922