RAM B UTAN . (N epheiivim . ram foiC tcui)
p . 1 8 9 .
JAMBOO, OR MALAY ROSE A P P L E . (Jam b o sa . v u lg a r is ')
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BRBTTELL, 51, RUPERT ST LORUOR.W.
since by the lineal descendants of the original keeper.
Great sanctity is of course ascribed to it by the Bud-
hists, and its fallen leaves are carried away as treasure»
by pilgrims who would not dare to touch the sacred
tree itself, which is now enclosed by a wall supporting
an iron railing, totally in discord with the venerable
relic.
My return journey to Kandy was favoured by
splendid weather; and a pretty feature, all along the
mountain slopes, was the rhododendron, often reaching
a height of thirty to forty feet, and many other beautiful
shrubs and trees. Of those bearing fruit I noticed
the lime, the plantain, pomegranate, guava, and ram-
butdn (Nepheliun rambutdn) (Plate XX.), the latter,
one of the most delicious fruits, similar in flavour to-
the mangosteen of Java, and in appearance like a
bunch of two or three very large hairy red gooseberries..
The country is supposed to be full of elephants, but it
did not fall to my lot to see a single wild one, although
I passed many kraals, or traps on a large scale, into-
which they are driven and afterwards tamed. The
cattle are small and buffaloes plentiful; also several
kinds of deer and antelope and the pretty little Indian
muskdeer, monkeys in abundance, and hares, squirrels,
and porcupine. Magnificent butterflies I met with on
the mountains, especially a bright green species with