establishments of the kind, and I was surprised at
the superior mode of cultivation to that I had witnessed
in India, and j e t producing a bean barely
equal to that of the Wynaad, and much inferior to
that of Mysore.
Being anxious to visit Newere Ellia, the sanatorium
of Ceylon, about a day’s journey from Pusillawa, I engaged
a small buggy, leaving my friends to pursue their
own object, and started afresh on the following morning.
After some hours’ hard travelling, I gained the magnificent
Ramboda Pass (Plate XIX.), sometimes spelled
Rangbodde, a narrow gorge closed in by precipitous
masses of rock reaching many hundreds of feet into
the air, with enormous sheets of water or cataracts
tumbling down on either side over crags and well-worn
boulders. The mountain scenery now assumed a very
grand character, and the greater portion of the route
being steep, I preferred walking. At last I reached
Newere Ellia, completely tired out. Its position, 6,200
feet above the sea level, is picturesque, and the air pleasant
during the day, but cool at night. There is every
accommodation for visitors; good hotels and comfortable
looking bungalows, but owing to the time of the
year the place was nearly empty, and finding no
inducement to prolong my stay beyond a day,
I started on my return journey before sunrise, and
BRET TELI., 5I,RUPERT ST LONDOU W*.
RANGBODOA F A L L .