dpu, jp «A i sitting postu re, jand ;SMF#p5^è iib^ .atlligaénk^v^^gmwt,.
elephants. dragqnSv «and a ®jtw¥)iri#Ê^abwlpïfö j%pi$4grs«.l .-These
hgjl^esgïWpS8f >d£:r.BuddQU,
;but properlyjj.tputhe , Hindoo ..góddes^iVi&hriajw who; is
a ^ ^ I h ^ ^ d a t a k A e ^ in* h is. temple«: She ris^drawn
hand,, and; is^asdcounted .much inferior
in j ' a x ^ l t o c
Bn^pnaiSi falways jr^^séjatgdi with thick, h3i£k?/i#i|iMzled hair
like an .African negro ; but thp .^ y ln n e se . will;>not; allow that
this, alludes <té his ever having been in Africa, ! andc th ey oan'r
not hfiar the resenxblance mentioned,.without a deg?6e >of horrpr.
The priests say; that Buddou-wds börn in M u ^ u di B eiSfa. ' f Ba-
-harA. that ihé was. son:to- Sudonah Rajah. and
having on a certain occasion been puhoff iW.ith-a gQldmAf^pgjh
i t has on this account;been ever,,aftexwardsff&pic^eA; .sha|'t and
curled- É
: ■ Colonel Robertson of. th e iM a la y /re g im e n tte
1803, an image of Buddou,, found in theïpalacèrpfcCandy when
ta k e n by.generalMuedoual in February pf Ah^snme-y#ar.Vtg||y
the,,fayppr&of eplbnil.Robertson, ,the figure eshibitecÉ-i^nÜ^ie
frontispiece has beentaken from |t>
inches iin height,| and weighs about ~twqly.C; ppiradsd:: I t , is; cat
out of an elephant’s .tooth.
In Bitigamme Corle js,;an inMi|ense:iignre of a ,niap/si^.y^cds
high. Thé Ceylonese, repair, in | numbers to worship : at jthh
Jilace.. > This immense statue stands about; ten nailed; north frpm
Matura,’ near the road which passes Biligamme.f I t .is saidr tpr.rpf-
present. :the. Cottah Raja, ananeient prinpg.,f,ho Aa^htfhexhyth^
planting and use of, the cocoa-nut, and instructed, them initsva'-
rious salutary qualities, f The Gonies $fg Ggyjopi^scribe hint; in
their traditions as hat>Wg,■flawed 'op fh^, c o ^ s ro f the is la ^ th ^
rt^re4^>#W#piE©syi^d^V;i^lhe^C!i^ied d P ^ b y hyipg i p the
woo%fprijcocoaTn^.^’^lil» fi^ge\#> h i^H jt d f ^ te ^ d e , block
•''t^fihgsanite^abop^'fhitffeyi ^ e f ^ j | i ^ ^ j : . t ;h^||hph a p p le s be
standing,»in',,a nkket Iiis^ress, is '‘difharffen'teel' yvith je^fej»after
dhteirkandnM'fe a $&Tp-?iS’;plae,e#%'eifiMhhj's^a^t^a^bl 1 ar1 aroUnd
»^lisffneck,. and f rings -in' hisfjear%] H e l$&.no&beard; any^dkf-
^g lisM p g ^ rn a jrk ,,o f i t h ^ G ^ t p j r a n d , hisj W ^ ^ ' s ^ p i
leather to indicate: his>ein^kJgClipg.les^ Theire‘*Hm%h^k ’been
/ pinch;'tim^sandAlab#r''en%l^^dh^(s,eoo’p [ n ^ K ^ ^ a !(;Ue out of
.the .rock, j$$$£'&§> plMte \n0,sHg 'page, jflj?-, |ifV |^ ;y ery y d istih et
allhhofYiteVjaippeaBaJiee. j Aboub^feerthyards {from it thhifdh'is.’an-
,Qtherrof^nearl^5fh||i sarae ^ p rind;(figure. fj
In the i n t e i ^ of'*Geykm, the)imins* of the pagodas arid tfeto-
t^f^s “which Ifelhri-nty „way>Were4 all pf; .hewn^o$e,^afidj/o£jmuch
superioh^^rkppaHship tpnfb®'se>iiri’ thcV}ofr:erf;parts^phth||cdhntry.
h^t©paiin#tbem Owere> in »a 'perfeot^sWte /of prfesehyatiah;| and
on^a comparison-with)dhWii«j!ect^l4 in lafer' times, they |ffpM
.fhe^sferong^h-rpfebof c ^ th e rd fh a t ther i M B '
attained a-imueh highg% state.” otbicivilization, or th a t the island
h a ^ anciently.,been inhabited by,* a different rape.-from, its prljtent
.possessors^?. Most oifethesfr ancient -monuments however have suffered
severely,from the ranges,,qff fhe Portngueteh whns^policy
it was" tovj-desfroy all rnonuments 'of aft bif‘ former splendour
among th’e uHhappy|natives^ • But fhe ,religious, buildings; pf- the
Ceylonesh Vfere noUpnly defaced and ruined hy 'their barbUfbus
in v a d e rs e v e n thd|(materials which conaposed them,‘ the hewn
Stones and massy pillars, were transported to, ljhe .sea-coasts to
ferect fortifications,' and xiVet ; those chains; which were imposed
on their former wershippets, 1