t^ jË tih ö U s e ‘Ü r'tb e accommodation o f' travellers, was büil&
here by the ^Dutch^: afip'reSeöt i t i is mufcb o-ut.fof ’te p a h v » A
Cinglèse village',i' arid % small xirèular fort, or rathelwintreneh»
ment,, lie close by-'the biver, Jwhicfi is here bróad and.jrapid.
Baring the- disturba4^B,:ii¥;lT97J .the. Ma-:
dras $epoyh-occupied this post • several months,: and- during
that period lost (many of; their men=from the: fire of the. rebels
Who concealed ' themselves'-' in the neighbouring thickets.— rThis
day a-private of the 19 th re g t while washing'his traw’sers ,on
the brink- of - the m e n was suddenly seized» and dragged down
alligator. Rain with. sevéré» thundemand lightning at
n ig h t-. » J
/ 16th: Halted. We how began Xxperienqë the piffgr;ence
of Climate ■ here and at Columbo. Heavy ‘fogs. and dews^at
night, succeeded by excessively ‘h o t and sultry »weather .T o d ay s
the: height -of» Ahecthermometer »ibeihg 92d4hhïnoon.^— R-ain^
thunder, and lightning at night.' cm
» 17th, "About two o'clock the general. ordered Afhe »guns with
two companies of Sepoys' and the .pioneersr -to -fproceed ahout
six miles -farther; as th e next day's march was Jdng^and the
fatigues^!-»which» the» men would have to. encounter %)mi being
•expend;: to th e heat óf -the; sun,; would be greatly;rencreased
if they should be obliged to accompany .th^:,aa:tilfe£y,^hich
on; account'» »of th e «badness of. the roads eduld- proceeds jbut
wèiyj.slöwly. - i •.
tiid 8tteLThéJescöf|flet off very early in the morning, cmid .mar/>hr
»ed, fourteen, miles to Sittivacca. The wad.;-«rasi.
h il^ /n n d :’xMfifeul% full ofiakentsr arakdeseëntó, hndroifdh .qfeligëd
to; wind among ithe wailies which intersect the »-hills, as the. impenetrable
thickets o»-. each side -prevent, ah f : passage but by
the beaten tract.
<• -rSitfivac.c'a 'p fp e n ts be^tifulj-and-'jrùniantic an .appearance
as any s$ é» in Iff is, ,fajpT6u%,fp^ bejng".,,the.j chieîf
' tHeatrel’o f f ^ P ^ ^ f s e ; both frfgndlyH^ld"?ht)||ue,(fbetween the
.Candiaifs'nVnd,their/ Eurqpean (nêig^t|»aprslî ' Here .many bloody
battlesrjW.ëçe'|fqpg|^;|)^'''||^e .-n^ti^es' agam^f fne 'Eqrtogue'se ; and
Dutch hferg /their '■treaties, qg rather .traces,^hay^bèen repeat7
edly J,sig-nS M lnd this was ,<tbe spôt].<i ^ ^ ^ Æ W tV ; 1for 'tige in-
,&5ctke' p^ropeaif-with; thernative Ambjssadprs Z\ It, is
-theftll'ast Station bdbngpig.jto-- u ^ in thig â^d vis s'epa-»
rated'-/fi:bi!^ne Kirigl^llj^tïy^bnly^ .^y ^ |l^ h kW a n q h - af the
Alullivaddyërdyeiÿj^h^hëwinds aro u n d ,^ !^ in , several dirjpctiqiip4
and) j^oimed by a branch cqb .the;fMa^i^go-ïga,,Skliftje- below’
^p^rpl'âcej.' ; )
v sOnt^^nm|pit%‘of-ca j hill,pmm^dla^^uÆb^j«hieh/fwe enj5;
;camp,edn:Mo'Od.'; a large - range of ^buildings rdpfendedf.<by/,an, emp~
trenchtnefif, and/formerly occupied byHth^Outch, hu.jlji.o.W al-
ruins. ' The «^^ÿejepuntiy'fÊom th^hejght-' is
.triiilyi'grand 7land t enctf^fpgi^ Tl|e , hiljs.^^verqil1, with’..the
thickest ,-Woods, are. tdiyersified' with immeqsç ,, perpen'dicqlar
ledges ofv^oGksi which .rear their stupendous., heads »above, the-*
tallest» graces.;» Through the , thickets »which, '^oyén^thei val-
leyâj'the ïeye} is enat)lqd,to trace ’the windings p f.the rivers, and
-the'.greerfîÿtrhets t- q£'clear, dand /.which»imitate, \their serpentine
edunse. ■
On Qur arrival! here,^thq .general..s^taa/CTOss’' trietjyea; tbuai-
-form/thfe Adigftr, who*,lay ‘encamped Qn-*thekqppQsit^AsMe with
sevei al** thousand Caridians; that ,by intondod passing. xt
d a ^ fe> Thew^térrnométer:1*' was to day aè^Qô!.'. The^ekcijssiye^''
»heat 'O'fkthe Weather was' ^èçksioned. .|>y t^ 4 'x lq vs‘eiiess ôfvMtip'"'
•sûrroundifi^'’ h^^i^§AJx>tÇt three, o’clock thH gênerai raee^vedJ a