isiandi te? no t faltogeffieérfee^^fii&DaxUié| d re a d f« h #® tm s^
season*,, S which lïappeós in March
down p n /to r rents, andi.-fiie* thundete» and r%hthing>bre awfh%tp a
degreealmost' ineQné#^^|éi^tanftEnrQpeaii.
- Sreuai ip^ie jsj-tnatïoiif of ;this-.island,'so jiieaff the Eqjiator, i-the^
days and nights are necessarily always, of .nearly equal (length,-;-.
the "variation during the two. seasons not {exceeding ,fi£t$enf;ipi-
nutes:-r ^hfeVseasonsLare more regulated »by thtejjqpnsoons thap
the.course ofSthe:,sun; - for -although the island -lies,, tp |>hq- np^th
of the dinej - /fthe'i coolest“, season t ismluring. ;tlie-> iSgr^iner .
Their - sppig commences
in October, and th e hottest season-,<is§-> ;frpm January». tp ^ th e
beginning, of April. The heat,- > - during, the day,~.i£>. nearlyjp|h,e
same throughout the^whble; year-;--jn3>’th e% |^ ^ ^ ^ § ^ ® * |^ ^ J
ever; the- -nights are muclv cooler, from the danjpxie^^o^tiiei
earth,1 and- the prevalence-of winds during ythe jm§>nsoqps. ^ [Tjjn
eBöjatè; !Mpon?tthe';wholé;\i^much öioré; tqmp.P^tg;j^Iiam.^i the
continóèrit öf India.! For though Oeylbu. lies*
toi-, the heat is by no means $& oppr#£siy,e-as
many parts of tbê Coromandel ftoast .in a j?aor^i^#therjly.,Jati“:
tude.. This is pwing. to- the .constant ^ea-bree^d-by yjddchkjifc
is» fanned, withojif being ; suhjèet . tn the that.j#1# ; »sutfqoatipg,
land^vrindss which s o 'Tr^uentiy* »annoy the^ontipeo^H* y p r.th is;
rêèsétt, although the perpendicular beams ^f .’tho«$un,;mu§fc.-b£
course he-intensely hot, the shade ;aiidr the houses .always afford
a tolerably cool retreat..
: This'temperate .climate, however,, is . chiefly confined,, tpq thè-
coast, where the sed-bfeezes hare; roomt to circulates In the
interior of the country, owing textile thick and close., wood
I 4:
eaeh'btfeeri the heat is many
dtMeesw-gi'^et^ than; t h ^ clihiate ofteh
:add- unhealthy. This inconvenience,‘ 1 however,
might he in .a'^gteaW degree »obviated1 by cutting1 dowh the - woods
and clearing* the jungles,\ as*, has been »proved by< at tract m tlie
neighbourhood Trincomalee,u cleared » by* bbiunM'* Ghampaghe
since''it came--into >%br pdssessiob/ amddthbs* rbiidfete'd' mtech !fw$
nhxit^sido'jBui^eaitS'.odfJIhe' •exdrti&fis ofl;this officer ' during "the
tim^'iSfe- coin'Maiaded'iat Triimoffiafp;» ia^S^dgg^igl ^he^r’dlifteite
more healthy; ’ enconmgmg-. tilieOflatAves»!to industry*,'; !ahd1 fdgulati-
nSt^he-lihterp^ ecf nqmyr of jthis|;, nortMrn ‘p a rt^ h ^ the teldrfd-,
yfljfe yety-->! great, andidemand j iMctu »applause* - ■ Irf>’th e !|||o r t
■phriod ®f .3three, otj* four years, theuldtetri'ot* rouSd tTrm&bihafeb
^ ttaM d ; a ^high er ; degreesfofiiiiinpfoveineiit: the^Mihle
.time' iit3 was Jttii|ttfe^|p^es^,ons tof the! D wtcht-' ■ >
08 The principal harbours dm the island f'for latge 4-hi^s '‘ate Tritte
obmalee aitdtPomt de ’Galle ;< They also eome- to ahdhor'jd and ftbrn
the IiegitiniiTg 4t>£» Becemfej&n to the; latter* end df March 1 rrfcior
securely^ iri th&vroadi|pfc€)ohitnbo.- There arei-Weyeral otftef dh-
tferior.. »ports aarotind the dsland which aftbrdshfefteid t# the; smaller
scdystingsv^hls) TBeee-tare !Bat^®lh,<>Matura/s BdtlfCTefefM^?ilid
Caltura on' 'thle ‘;south-^ast,' - and • on* the ■ north 4hd-' ‘Wfest, - ^re; TSfi^
; Jgiiimhdj Caipfenteeii, M*anaar, .apdi#dinti' E^dM' -.'At' bill
of;: Hioie;yfecds'iare^rivtrs: o f , greater ordesi magnitilde ernpfy-
-in^*themselves into the.'sea. • These ,iwmrs>, which! are 'fdP^Rh’mosf
part, »vhrbad,»i »deep, ,jand navigable for^sjame ttd&tadce * b y . '^tnall i
<jra>ft; are ofio estent^E^benefits to ' *th@'3ihhabitabt#^#fft|[fe Lpfef|
adjaeejiiito; the coaSiliras they, afiordi a 'chdap-.dhd^asyf/metlfod
o f conyeyihg their produce' and merehaMfee^flb’ tlidse paries
where;rEmdpean vesSefe-wait * toinreaeiye^thein; :