through .this -tract, bpt ?tber Candians, for years past, have
paid no, attention to discovering or working any>rof-'the veins.
,1 observed'^i^|e, jpc-faces|of jseveral rocks which gave strong dedications
of metallic. ores; and tire water issiüiig ; frórpé thëm
frequently presented that thick seme, and ernst wbichpè usually
supposed to indicate the presence»-of^ some metal; The country
abound. Gaonaj Terma was more- -op^i,; .rocky, and barren
than any we had hitherto traversed; and h^seemedl'fcontidial 1 v
to advance in height as it approached Candy. TiThe^ast march
tras very;-dif&culi^kiaddt' had to -wind- round several hills by
narrow intricate paths. //The steep .dsceirts. andndesceilts .which
.every now and then occurred, proved extremely Plaguing. In
some of the valleys were cultivated- spots whcrevi'ioe-, paddy,
and other rierts - of grain were raised, as. they -were well-watered -
by the streams th at pppred^down fiom the ;r$öks ;aiid mountains,
7th. Halted to refresh the troops after the fatigue ^ fAiyester-
day’s, march., i
8th. Marched nine miles to Ganaroa, a high mountain-»; The
road berm wa| very ,ssteppl being pp t w o ve ry high hills. The
.country, seemed more cultivated than any we had
The air; was more'serene and cool, partie^Tly^€sdigbb; thsefb
was lesstof, the noxious fogs and damps than is usually experienced
in the lower parts o f . the country. At the
mountain where the escort now halted, dies a beautiful Valley
watered by the Malivagonga. The-view from - Ganaro^, is extremely
grand, and takes in a vast range of hills,- covered with
thick woods and,jungle,, and intersected with valleys presenting
here and there some infertile spot» cultivated by-dte rCandians.
.The ruins of an eld fort; aud a. temple, lie plose^-tö 'th é spot
where the troops rested,
pth/ -Halted.- - Messages passed between the Adi gar and the
^general, prévioiSs- to the lat-tef1 ^proceeding1 ten Gdndy-, which lay
at a sma|l-/distance^
> sj)ot near1 the- Malivagonga^ and en-,
cainpéd bpposjtél 4he h ill-én \rhicH pi^situatfedl 3A Mcge
body^óf^ Candiané'-'w^èi'ï.p^fted - ért th e either side of. the ti verin
Jtvfew. of general’s! dhchmpment. No^intercourse was al-/
lowed- -to be carried^ on döêtwèéh' them and -bur people ; nor 'any
of* th e escort allowed-, to quit* the campL or texamihë thè Country
"in-$1 beïiiëighbtourliood. The'iih£eivièwk''&ud |cöWefepöhdënêè4
between - the - Ad ig aï- àhd>(th é 1 lgëneral -iweie-‘■all (edhduëfcëd'-' with
the ut.mbsfcSdlëmtóty• and-with all those puùctffibus^fe?rémonies<
which, according/ to their ideas, are matters, h? tte/highëst im—
pqrtaiiée.;!‘''--
Thè atfèn^htsy and indeed'- thè'WfiMe^h’f thë haiiÿfes,:l!s^niëd-
to- J bfe- 'actùkteÆ ^by thé same’ mysterious' taciturnity •a’sg| th a t
h ttte Jhfiförmai?ioh wias dx>. be collectéd‘from* them a b o u t'thé'king-
OF* îâ§M j>Slitih5/îü‘;'" r-’'*V
• The'general I was now arrived at that place* where it 1 was de-
termined!^fte4shôùld 'Fêsidè while hh transacted ■ the 'bmmëssof
his -embassy'- “ I t -rhiglit how' seem that- he had óvëréböie^ the
chief,--difficulties fchaG.layJ ih Kis'-way1; aittf• that the fatigues
his tediotis <march -would hàve’Tbeën compensated by' a frank (réception
and- rëâdy3 admittance into the; royak pfe^en'ce. | But it’
was- the Studÿ^of thepGaSidians to impress thè' ambassador with*
the highest idëaS'1 bf-'- their dignity, ând^th e h ; ccmöï^ëënsibn in*
receiving*-overtures from an European goyermrtehti ~ % With this-
view, so -many cereiiïomeâ attended1 the' introduction into the1
royal ; - presence, that little bóèiriess could be transacted ; and?
such a spaced was • allowed' to èiapse between each interview^