try, causes lieavymjfogs.; and > ^yhaIg^nae,^ a fflP3 to. prevail?
Everyn&Iewing^'ie fpgs fall ^wjth the elik a ^ f -§M' ffend are not
again dissipated till the sun has acquired great power. The
vallies are. in general. marshy, full offsprings, and excellently
adapted fo r' the,cultivation of .r.ice and rearing, of .cattle. y^£jgs%
advantage's, Jhqweyer, are .gfijatly ^counteracted jay the unheal|hi-
ness -of the -climate in these .parts after the rainy season. , The.
principal -difference 1 .between the climate of . the interior and
that of the .coastsj .is occasioned by the stagnation of the atmosphere
in the former. The depth of the. vallies and the.
thickness of the woods , conspire to prevent the free .circulation:
of. air ; and 'hence; the night .is constantly attended vt ith
sive cold damps, w h ic h ^ e ^uepeeded^by^ys
from-their dipt and sultry. vqpour|-j A n aE u rQ p e ^ p ^m ,^ ^ |ig
injto'the; ant^ripr & ^rjr-.Uablj^^caJkA^th^^li^gr, W
I t is, a disease «resembling aur^ague and
companied -with a v io le n tly senary v^and
somattacked’i i f he, does mot immed^tely c tem g e j^ rm |u i ^ ^ o A
the sea-couft, Twhere st^e c lim ate.!^ more,fpo^j-| an^Acfr('shin^
byijday,'; awhile .it is % e from .the -cold . a n d m « | l ^
The country of Candy, can never repeiye ,ai||j: ii^ ro y |n a ^ t
from internal navigation. ,, Several. laigejj:iy|r| i^ d ^ d ^^^rsecj^
it ; -but these during th e iaipy season are rendered ^o^ rapid and
impetuous hy . the; torrents jwlucih M $P)$j f f o ^ ^ surrounding,
hills, that no b o a t can v ^ i u ^ upon them j .-vvh^in,
the opposite season they are ahpost completely dripd(?up. The,
J\la;liyagphg% which -is the" largest, of «these ;$yers; risgs at the
foett-of , Adam’s Peak, a high mountain to the sp u t|^ 'e s | b f
Gandy^and takipg a north-east directipn, nearly, surrounds the,
«capital, and a t length falls in to . the sea at Trincpmake,. T h ^
Mnliv^ddy, ■ the "next' 'prihbipal ¥i^efe#aMës^^s inisfe at a smalls
distance!- ftaffim! theKötÉKrsI'iarid runs t&wardilskhe
There ató a'w^f-iefójb ofS^tlre'E :r|^©ES^. which ri^w^bAfylthe ïfhills
in. vatóoii's^arts ofathp ifeo untry: bëw&ofcmavjigab
l l ^ ’ct if^proj)t ftl^^lh'ddujwtn.i'tlix-vV migM'&be cinpmfcd« to
thM%eö!t^t^iad‘Varttagèti®|.fertïlMngi t®|BanbiïyM >>
^ainy»!%'ea>*rris'’t<\ai in ldl‘1fo'iiontttp‘utv;$bt-Mlh e ilik r ió rj
Tliê* 'so&th^West$pma,Dter, 4sf^^è)©t^(ihltjJaè ipftüöifelt^df .sHié wesb
tu n mon-'Ooii'., while the north-i .nt is'.but ^llighbl^bnikli«Lj{by',
tËbsè^'frbmpih%sfÈphi:Ê^?quarter. The high n am ge pb\mouM tai ns.
"iyhfeh-‘ runs'- ^cWs'shthl-lcourttryièfftÉfa’fTth^Seï-'ms^f.lo dr\ ick^étab
islahÜ|viMof f4fö - dil^bth/ïtelimates';! tk§re3«lt|t^ibéen' akbcfritinudck
dibu^röhmïfine» swl'eütff t l>Yen£f ifuY*' wliiks&fcS'liiaV-’i ahoejd <miï
the ho^hëfikwithoufe^bÉnÉJ sslón ? . ThefelSfêphjlïpart^ arö'bby **no-..
^raf'Ku^ftsc>IsubjTc influence ufsthéS 11mïkoohs“^lyithosetto*
and* are5 ;canseqtrently*tiffimb:Mf lh§^td^i|ged: iwitfr
:^ H | f e P W iP >tthe moimthihlPdf the lfit%f^b®5are ifegul^tp’d-
'b^fd.ilfëfent^lWs;"5and^ do nèf' 'exactly. C Q ^ t e S p o n ^ o f
thé föohsoéhs. Amon^.them it rains inëessaht]j^dui4ïjgi ?ther
ffiofftlflhof ëJVfarch and ’April," at- which period' it is 'dryniii%bhfe(
IbivlfiB^fe’:-'' -
ËjjfEP I-'Have^ alread^vgjyen’' a >*description ofn the feliéyio'ia’eSe.’- in
“g'éhëfal, an"#jpointed.!TOt tllè 'particular. ,-©hèrakterfeticsil^ofiftlaé 1
CiMïesë# peculiar circtfmStabèss are a'l’l
be ixitimbof the marmers urf tin Candiaus. I'Ik- ekeêsM.mghaf»
lou^^Wlüch- the»5 lattèr,|s,hhtértaiuho'fnBUropeans ^and^ their
nexio'nsi has indeed hitherto rendered’ every! attempt to obtain
accurate information concerning them almost completely abortive.
I t might be É|turaHy imagined that this information
could have« been obtained; by means of the Cinglesë. in the E u -