Slie liistste^' '«n 1 gdtag-^o Europe with them irrlSOS. Her fa*»
th er and hffsbaftd ©r* being' d n fo rm ed b f her intaitioriwere-
highly astonished abater" resolution, and strove^ by^ all the
means in th $ r povterdtd ‘ prevent' her, find make - held alter h er
determination; but without -effect. They- told the Colonel and
Mrs, RobeitsW,1* outgiving up* the woman1' to ' their ' care, that,
she was-The firstfof her ra c e ' who ieyei left the island. Colonel
•Eohef^oh plaited to me -the above I circumstance, and I have-
seen th ey b u fig woman several times at his' -ho^se in -Rond on
taking oate7 o f her little charge. When I left Ceylon in 180CX
to: s0¥& hj&i-'theccmtinent of India; all the Cinglese in the ser*-
vice of the officers left their masters, and' refused to leave-
Colombo. f:
I am happy to state'.* that the natives of Ceylon belonging
to our settlements are become exceedingly attached to the
English, and there is every reason^ to: expect that then prejudices
against foreigners^ will soon be done away by our lihe»
xal conduct towards them/
CHAPTER XI.
The king o f Candy’s, domifmns— its, * diwsims^-Candyh-r-Digl$ggy-‘
■. Near—Nileinby ' tirfdgburro—Climate—Soil—-Qircumstances
which ^distinguish the Cahd$qM*»jkoM ifthe' Cingi'esei f 17
I inhabitants,
I t is in these» parts that we- are principally to look
for the riches and advantages to be derived from the island.
I:The. ' ppsse§sio%ii^ ^ the ^ntpripr anight, tend“ f|^ th e - security <.af
i©«>r dominion ; - and an ' improved -mode M eUMyatfom might
make it capable of maintaining a much greater number of . inhabitants
; but these purposes may'be as !êffèbtmdly laiftajirild'. by
-a ® epdhy. intercourse with the na<tiyi^|as f s ^ a iefeeet submission.
to ©tit authority/. Our government will doubtless avoid
the error.j of .«tjie ,.. forme)- European ma^ters.^of ,lC*e^orh- who
wasted unprofitably, in yain attempts to subdue the natives,
. that time and those resources which might have rendered this,
island one of the most valuable colonies in the world.
In a detached island, such as Ceylon, if any where we might
‘bxpect to find very little diversity in the nature of the .country
and the races by which it is inhabited; and yet we are here
presented with three different dominions governed by different-
-laws, presenting the greatest variety -óf soil, -climate, arid fealti-
. vation, and possessed by three distinct ? races which;.;'seem to
(have no brdginaT connexion with each other. In those parts
which I have already • described the whole tone of manners is