Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . only to the relaxation of the muscular fibres of the smallvessels, leaving the heart in its usual vigor, that the state of B. ismost fully manifested. Hence it is more apt to arise out of modes of painful ajiprehension, than from the more se-rious calamities that prostrate the system throughout. It is said that, in the Circassian slave-market, a young womanthat blushes fetches a higher price. Some complexions do notshow the increased flow of blood in this way, and all persons arenot equally sensitive to
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . only to the relaxation of the muscular fibres of the smallvessels, leaving the heart in its usual vigor, that the state of B. ismost fully manifested. Hence it is more apt to arise out of modes of painful ajiprehension, than from the more se-rious calamities that prostrate the system throughout. It is said that, in the Circassian slave-market, a young womanthat blushes fetches a higher price. Some complexions do notshow the increased flow of blood in this way, and all persons arenot equally sensitive to the cerebral .shock that causes it. BO TREE, the name given in Ceylon to the Feepul (q. v.) ofIndia (Ficus religiosa). It is held sacred by the Buddhists, andplanted close by every temple, attracting almost as much venera-tion as the statue of Buddha itself.—The B. T. of the sacred cityAnarajapoora, is in all probability the oldest tree in the world, ofwhich the age can be ascertained by historical evidence. It wasplanted in 288 , and Sir James Emerson Teuneut, in hia. ?^s^- ^ * ^-^H <1^i HI
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