the CahdiaMs 'àrèv obliged to /retreat, withm thes^ barrferâ, they
cot the'1'ropes, and then^dtj is impossible t o . fothê-a paésâg©:
except -by burning down the gates, which'from -their'green state«
and the constant annoyance : o f:th e -enemy ; shefreredv: Behind
them,; wdhld'prové;.an enterprizeof-time and difficulty. !®|p©!
hedge-rowsîfoïiri the chief fortifications of i Candy. 'The . Mali—
oneaflys surrounds:' the hill : on: which it . stand&U
the;;rivër is?here broad, rocky, and rapid; a very.strict guâtdi
istkept on it, and ?every one who ?passes or repasses, is; vulosbly
watched;' and examined. •
I The city'itself is a poor miseraffie.looking place, surrounded«
by a riiUd wall lo# no? strength wHatefeot-It has been several
fitnes' burnt by Europeans,- arid iwas ©nee deserted by. the-King,:
who- retired to a more inaccessible part (if this* dominions.. iiït»
ÿ ; upon Occasion oï^thfe 'embassy-of general M'acdowàl, -apbac-s-
count: Of'which forms part to of 'this; îvoliitmi, thati-any: hiforïnar-
tión rcOneefhing*?-tlK‘. present state" of Candy :has.ibeeh ;bbtained<5=
and .even . then it could be little more than guessed at, , as- the-
embassador and his suite were ' admitted - only A>yl,torch-light,•-
and always retired, b e fo re-b re'ak o f; day. Fromi what could
then'bè observed, the city consists -of a long straggling istrlet
built bn thp ffi^S|ty;i®f::ar-hilL; thelhouses meaa-aend- lew, huts
with their ; foundations raised in éuch a manner above tthe-ldyek
of the street, that they appear-quite -lofty to passengers.; The
reason of this extraordinary taste is torenable the King to hold
his assemblies :ofr the people band to have his ulëphiant- aind?
buffalo, fights in the street, without interfering with; -the.-bouées.
When the King passes along the street none of the inhabitants
are allowed. to appear before their houses, or the paths,
on a level with them, as that would be attended with the heinous
indecorum of placing a subject higher than the print®
d'dsdIMl'd stiff.
At the upper end of this street stands the palace, a poor
mansion for the abode of a king. I t is surrounded .with high
sronfe -walls,'! a'rifl ■fe9Bsist's^,#®two’'is(^^^tf'o.neiwllhin t hot Other.
Iph the ihheff-pfeil h ^ ir^tife'"1|46:iroyaJlS'-4p®i!tmeritsj’i;and it is- thefrel
that hhb*.eofj^t'Ms field andh alum'In^S^gi/vefey) The lexffer loci of.
thiP^afa&'fe^' a'hdPffhfe-' rfesPf^vtltehclityiiesuM berbufl^^^.-pa-pfially
l^sefv^dthby 'S iw twho^ttendfedi gfenetalf ,Mhcdowal, h©<jyi§'gd$M’
the? ‘-p‘fdssfire*‘f©ff ithe’->'-Wowd,r "and' the dazzling* .the
torches-.'1 ^^u^g^yo^c'eHdnti.'indeed VfJhisSb'’|[ have heard^-Caiyly,'
cdSfltihs;- Phtniog-- worthy lof notide ab akdy nfrom ;f.fhe <want . fjof-'
e h fe f ^^lunwOrh?ind(fstrye amoiagh'theiarhabitmitsj^fc;jk|hot iin.
dpM'to be 'expefet^dtfthat ranyftihing4 cbuld j)sie m e t' with - in this
StfaggMfig \viillagg' to f attract th e ' attention oftrthe . traveller
-fTlfe hbxf’hi'tyhm point&bf imporitaaed shn Candy ,-is ©igliggy
HSfetfr, whM&lieS tOf%he»feast\^ard^f^be'iyapital; ahQUtpt^ho'F
twelve? - rh llll^ 'a n d im the dfreotibn «df ilidy.hfart. of '
The^disMef ®@%bd Digliggy Neur ,is\stilh rnouebwild, bcfFren^
and mlpb'figtrhfete than that which 3:surroundst-^d5idy..s . H u n gm
tfnlfrver^atecount that it'h a s been! dhosbn'jr at; Aimes'^! a ,rayp|
fe^h erfd e^^t %me period 1 whendtthenKiig'J was j driven
Carfdy, and his, capital burnt', he* found here .a jret-feafjfQ, whiclj
■MB-'European 'arihy ha®o4¥fcr .b'eefr, able to; pgne$-Ei|g. # j A
villages a¥e? Scatte^redf abiong the surrounding hills ^ a n d ih,<|JjQSf|
plac®fwn^;ejthd wood$<leave'some clean,'bpacb,,'lthe* soilufthough
ffery podfij ^prddhces rree.? ft
About -s!k£ or Seven'®miles south". ofg Chndyj, hes^#ie’
Wifemhy-N'dtir,' which h&ssaiscr.at times afforded a re tre a t. $°l
thb/Klng: he feis%ere a palace and •stofce$MStees» regains
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