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Trincomalee.to Manaar. . ..
Manaar to’Coltimbo'.. . ...
Columbolto Batacolo . . . . .
A space between Batacolo "j
■ and Trincomalee ; 1 dif- J
*'220
.• 6Ö0«
' ference’ between its. ,ut- >
most projection and the!
road set-‘4own here.... J
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I I . Road from Columbo to Candy, taken by general M'Doual.
English miles. 1 • ’ ( 1 ' ] ,
Columbo to CudovilU P1'” “1' “ d ^ * '
Cudavilli tolliirrawaddie. . . . 1 1 J lH K c roraanncn thoogh Nimble, sludy and
Gurrawajdtd ieit o rSrit,rti va.. cca.... 14. |t jH|ilply a|n|d t hdeif fwicauyl t;• ve: ryy woodyy;’ wi; thv ra-
Sittivacca to Apolipitti.. .. . . 4 A level road: betweenhills jnearthe river
A. polip.i tt.i to ,-Rn uanelli......>..’ .I. .a8 - jf Dwififtihc uthlti,c ffeu wllo oofd h, ivllest yan pdi cntUarFreosw^ defiles;
Ruanellito Edifhalpani. . . . . lO Nearly the same ; less wood; hills’ all round
Edimalpani to Atipitti. . . . . . 12 Very difficult ; ground steep and rocky
Atipitti to Wolgoagoddi... . 6 Ditto ditto* "ditto, ditto ; an old.pagoda
Wolgoagoddi to GannaTenna 8 Very steep hills to ascend
Ganna Tenna to Gannaroä. . . 9 A very steep hill hi thp way f
Gannaroa to Candy....... .. 3 The ascent to Candy very steep
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I I I . Road from Trincomalee to Candy, taken hy Air. Boyd.
The route Mr. Boyd took from Candy-,
to Trincomalee the only rine y J
taken by the English.. . . . . . . . . J
From Candy toGunnoor, this I take -i
to be Gannaroa; where General > 5
M‘Doual halted.....................• 3
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Gunfioort^CGsspoot.. ........... .
'Qsspoofew Afijfydji ..........J ; .............
Allaw^ to^allefnlly Carat ctty^/...........
NaHendy CaraVefty?t?o Chof^r.y>plain.. .. .
Etom GhcfiMfy ‘plain' to Gdiia^'l........
From Gona to^the Rock River,.!.*...........
EroirbRock River to Wishteg41L v . . ....
From Wishtfeg# te Pnlidin Caravetty.'. . 'i”
From Pulian Caravetty to.PerrE^madp.-^.,.,,
•Permaumado to‘iTertolay.........‘...........
Tertoky tdVJ^imbela C.iumun......-.....
Tumbela Gaumun to-Copputdreyl... I ..
CoppiAerey to^Princbmalee. .................. '.
^SFtiis road is by Mr. Boyd’s
* account exceeding difficult,
and many parts'dangerohs
qn account of the elephants.
From what’ I ejphld'le.arn, [
understood iifie'distati.ee between
Candy^ndTrincoma-
,|tee' ri0^b‘'excepd. 1 20. miles,
1 and frqhiGhlumbo to Candy
[labjobt . 1 haVe^npfc h
th^Candians took
1 Mr. Boyd .the longest and
' most difficult, nays, parti- .
eularly fajv or
Rthree days’,march, astjpy
rcVidefttly brought himremhp.
into the Cohirnbo. rOad at
yGphhhor^.yj
m
Should events .hereafter render it necessary for -the English; to proceed
fJ to Candy in...a. hostile, manner, v.there1 are other roads .much shorter
and less^diffieM than those «described ; between^Chnpw,;and.
is a road j|ie -Dutch once , .took,, and another'between, Cajtura and
Point de Galley >y which the distance is not above «70 or 80 miles,
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