n t thfeir -imme*
4iat^e oujlettinto; fefefs^t^m^seldoot A any -.
J^ jijatijfe .kingdoni. of, Gänldys rtiley^'bie^me rQpky- and rapid-;
and tumble domr $dth su©h a bsädfong course ■ tbat rit? is -almost
impossible for the smallest t ^ His; k
$§e gr}e%^ eaus© ©f. ip to p e »w which Subsists between
the -uatijYgs -iia itbe higher ^oUntry- audithose; who Jive, under d?he
d ^ in km i pfv th o i^ JE p s ^ e ^ i. mt tf e ike^e®i#&fjasjiÄe yippsf by
land;j §5 «ju&lly. idilleulhinor. hawe&tbe- mjives :b.een .e # r sfnxious
^^^mpgn^dhwcfofetatetes^
I g| U p | twoi principal risers , are tins Malivagouglt’, and -Äfe-
Ji^ddy*;: ]The;; former fakes its-.1 rise^amonig thedhillSi to the
SOUtl^-east o f t ,Candy, andi nearly surrounds ^fhat^ltysprAfter a
variety of. circuitous windings among the. mountains, r- Jagt
d ifc k a ^ ^ ite e jfsin to -th e ; sea, at .Trincomafte. This-anver is -so;-
deep ^S; to, J^i;f9rdaU©r0»Ly.-;towafds; th e ik <Ä e ^ ibututbe>i0Gks
which every wfeeife -break Itel^i^erpieyeh^itidErtmabeiiig --oak
yjgafc^iif’ ;Yh© .latter rises fromth e foot of a very higÄfiaBoun*:
tarn, knoj^ßj-jto j Europeans by the najneodf Adamls -Beak;. and
^tjaat^drakQnt| sixty mfes t a the ;nojJh-easi|Spf <§^kupbo, SEhia
igdi^ 'i#Q /theisePf by' Several brandies rMea>rrfi0 ^ iim 'ly ^ :^% .
gumbo, Pan tu ra;|Cältura, ßem /Ik e .largest « &C theshdAalled fh e
^ u tw a l ^iver ior Galana Ganga, <ene^ti«es^.eits^b&;via^OK)%%i’^b^<e^.
miles .hjom the. fort of Coluimboy, after having neariy^’SUEFOidhded,
a.Mtge^traqb. efj^the flevet eountigi, in that nei^bdmteöd4«i®f
which it;} forms-a y efyi beautiful peninsulaia Theicöuntry along
th e;-bankst of i the Mutwal for many miles is -extremely pier
t,ur^se[ue and d^ightful r and I had an opportunity o f; exp©ifong-~
ing its utility in accompanying ah. escort from Golumbo to-
Si ttivaeea in Ik e ' tótfeiiibi,} ’ a '* cBstanéèf ’$ ||l 4hirty-0vé ’■ ihiiés; föè
wfeJfo ;%e mkrëhed-atórt^the/bfe^utffuk^Bamb^ otiF#amitiunitiofi
and-^^if^'^^lf'èöjilMëffiilhël^ ®hé§dffé^feBifh ë::;f i # r i'Jh''lidats»
ft Besidës the fivérs |#lfltrv®fifr"Ifsplii AbëtódS|,1'3thÉ^é''kfè? m aii|
lakés and cabdte ‘cóhitóunibatiAg !with 'thérix, pafticütóïy in thé
nfefghbötlfhood^of’'' Columbö and Kigurribo/ 1 Thfey are ’bïten of
th^siderSbfe31 'extent, and of Véry gfea!t' ‘ u tilit'f'^'ih fe 'inhabitants
in '4thefr heigKB'ëufhao'd, who*iikve thu3s dh iip|ioftbihtyiLo'fi!rfeadi!iy
wahSpfeMng^khèïf^yë^foh'- u ik id ë ^ '^ - fréfde ?l alkPit ‘is^by this
méM I^# iiP'^ ;a§^thé;jOTiW
kfë’Më^bs'ikburi'darièe1 of itfrésh-water ^ usH.31
Thé mterhdl' fcotnrfïuhicallioilS1’ by’ land1 tlffdu’^k* the“fitó tó 1 have
Sédrcêy païsfed’ the “first 'fftkgé Jö f imptöfèmbnt. ' Alóng' Üiè ^éè;!
coasts5 iWaéè^'tSiCTé are rökd& J^nd>matloris‘'for''tteycllers ;,J h u t
th^se ’’roads a re ' in mahy^pladfei^¥ttggeS' affd^sreb^® WiM ]&r|pr
tra^Éè1 Of ?hedVy' ’Saiifl'f diid’ aFe' b tw ^ ilbf^oMy dtttlcïfft %üt
aai%é'fÖ'üskJ'fröm tfte numbéfs bfr'%ildmBg^t''’’^ ^ io e s J 'Jk‘Aef'èlé-
ph'anfefl Whifcooanfe^t ‘ tHeml' x?hifefex ariinrals ^re-'mfet partkiélafJ^
'fróm: 'Ghilouli t b J*Mari4*af on ‘t'fte '#dSt thb^hiYuifd1,“ hfrd
AAm''MatürdJ'té, 'Öatad^lo ón thè^asW: in1 tlfosfe föads thtfpkómb-
{ïmtTS1 bccastómmcciderïfe"
-! Vatnib 1itë f|^ a lm ' haö^iknè' mtd“w é jiëfeèfeoit jÉT 1€§b3^ÜgtMif^-;
tftè'rpads have’bëen graltfy im^tovéd.' GdtfédA'df'' ïférffi3 braeVèJd
a’^érieral' Purvey df thêhi ‘to öfe made, and the diètS'ftreS3 tb Jbh
a^ertamiÉ;^ pfe^muS tb'Aidbliting 'fdbdfeWfes foV Jkcflitafing ' tue
cotnmunicatiofts.’5; I have* been favoured by ’icbldhèf Gtómpagëe
wifK ■ a ‘ cjhaft of »rub dfetójfëè^^afoutid jthe wnolé’-:eoast‘b i ‘ th e
island^’ siÉfyêyêa Jfi loGKJ-M&y W. ^ ^ r fM o ^ p '^ s t- ^ a s is ;-M tli^
islarid^ and ^fth nis obliging pélwiMö# Ï ha>f ê wÊÉéiM u sfcopy