to b e a^ted'=in'ièlïmbirigrt|%-^apes''and chains^fixed by hoofe
to the röeks. The night tilde isi usually ichèfeilto, 'ascend; ?kt
order‘ff© HtvoM '^uéh. fatigöirigiO exertions? during« the excessive
h ë ^ df1 thé' adtom|>éïP©ff
rocks plentifully supplied?’ with' water. I t is on .one of them,
that "the 'print ran Adam’s ■ 'feht’fis -shewn.
This ’mountain,■ which-9lf looked ppon as thenoriginaff j&sfc
‘ddhée'öf ’Adam? is held inüg'Fe&’ Generation %oEoBly|by ’.the- na-
-tives' ef C'eylon, but alto by * ’rediety^of persons of different
casts and'persuasions’ throughout India.^dVIöSt of/these havejpar—
tidiilar ptóees 'of-worship:*® i t to whicbbdhey make pilgrimages
a t1 certain SeasohSCof the-'yearo The' ByragCeS-.and. other seots
from nhe dbasts of' India? as well as th a Gonidsff and bogles©
:d e ^ f e s p f» » t- thifemomitarn^ The: Dutch(i^F©a^#yfr®Km'teo.
:thc nutites off the. Coast resorting: thither;: and: luteraikjng with
fchèir ' free icountrymen of.' Gandy, i All ,]^sföptipns!;'Qf-:,thtó^éet-
have now-, however?' b e en ;done, away by ‘the • English sgovemn*
mént, ‘ and the Cinglese - nowv make' their pilgrimages dwherever
inclination prompts, them, and. an opportunity offtefS;. Tile Roman
Catholic priests, with! their, usual industry, have taken. adr
vantage of the current superstitions -to' forward theipiïopa^atipn
of their own tenets; and. a «Impel which.they have erected-ora
thè mountain. is:, yearly. frequented .lay*. Wist- numbers,.nfij bkck
Christians of the. -.Portuguezé ■ and., Malabarrace.. 1
•alt: as :tot5Adam’s Peak that the Ceylonese repair to worship
at'. i the i-great ifestival of. .Buddou. .The • ^Jinglêse off\ the coasts
in patócukMC; resort to it' in vast . multitudes. A large-sproporr
tion of the Candians likewise attend; hut - whether from a fear
oft mixing with jfoijéighers, or from ideas of f superior-• fapetefty>
they seem? more inclined .to'hold their great festival under the
“-shade, -offtthd ‘Bogahu wl^hVMeli ltan%’‘at'^'^nnarodgburro, an
^ncientiveifyi 4i$fe‘the mhrfcheth"patt;- of' fee of Candy’s - do«'
mi’niOhst; andJSàffé^buh his' oWn1 subjécteffare perilkfftèd to approach
f * i s '‘s a n d tu ff^ ® ie Bogaha Wefe, -says tradition, sud-
^dfeöffuffew'-Overs frolm some Miâtant^èouritiT/1 and planted*itself
in the isspoi^he'ré^ï^now StaMs'l*1 I t was - intendedds- a shelter
-fq;r.^h6Ugo'étBü€id'oh:^^hd^hnder lts’ Waïxched'!'he Was, wont to
‘repose wbde*<fe^^jM$B®d*%n dar-thi Near this hallowed spot
ninety things 'areiiiitféârîSifl^ who ^lTmerl-tfed' admission to the re gions
. off-blik^by* the temples’' and -images- they constructed
Buddou. are ‘how ï;aébt*4i&' good" Spirits to' présidé ©ver'
thef’Mffetp off-dffjà.' 'föllo'were, -'and protect them 'from'‘ being!
^brought ' 'into /sôbjeétieU -‘‘Europeans ; a calamity i îagainst
which'fffi^^é'ontinually^râÿd^ArouîKi --‘the >tree are a nuffii
'her- i f '-buts, êr*eltêd for ‘‘the -use? of the -devotees -who repair5
hfthbr^; - andi? ‘à^ "every -sort d^uncleanness- and; dusffvanust be
-removed from- the sacred*spot,- 'people are -retained for the pur-
,pos©i o'friôohtînùâlly sweeping the -approaches before the ’worshippers?'
and -to .attend^the priests during #the performance off
thç- ceremonies. ■ -
As to ^ ’preïerence Was givfen hÿ’' Buddon t%lth e 'shade of die
Bogaha trefe:-above all others, it is universally held* Sacred-among
'thé i’.Cdylo'nesei Wherever it is found throughput th e island,
persons are -appointed -to watch over -it and- preserve it from
-dirt-ó r injury; • 'The -Bogaha tree is : held;- in the sarnie •estimation!
among the followers of'Buddoa,- as the Banyan tree'among
the Brahmins.
Notwithstanding the many religious ceremonies and superstitions
which prevail among the- Ceylonese’? tlièÿ âre’ fer from
»being Such devotees and zealots as any of the sects' on the»
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