pfj it, , rtfrfo ;1f<^Ffe.fnf-h^ 1£ÉîTj^.:^)' j | | $$©§ not |
with ,&§s map. :
., The impmyeipepts | rpa,de0ifl, the communications by the Butch,
$ # % & ( »HLom|by their jealousy than any plans of- lihfral
policy. ,At—a^m-cat .^pensm they:built t^^.jancLigasfo .-àt^g e ^
tain
,intercourse ;h#|wf!|en jthe u a ti^ sÆ$à ^'figpeES^. | w a s -Aa t
j&ay^p^ieflÿ^ féafeAr. and-. ja c j^ w ms
:«fl4 pSuch ^|)ai||3 davthis pnramWjffifiyt r ppfflffit^ r ffie . means of
mndèring jthe island bénéficia^ .to themselyes.^Q%, seehre, ag ài^t
the iijifa^CTni aA^etfah: vàatÿMgs. t
^ApGo fSp^tk of ibe sojL in .general. ifc^-3» -
mi^tuoe pf clay. Ii^ftlje south-west pai ts t howeyer^ .particular]v
about Cplumbo, there is >sa gre^t deaLof marshy. ground, .^verv
rich* aptL sp^e^ingly productive^ . This, tract, is. chiefly jf e -
cunied with- çjîWaipRil rest • Mgï_d>
ni iLsriy csetit- state o f cultivation. d,pesr not pKoauce a suffi rient
qppnjjfar of. Jcfep- j&f ,t|e . consumption-o|k its, inhabitants j . but
xemiirps yqarjy, supplie^ frpip. j^engaf and <)ther .placasrKon .the
çpptipeht,jt I am.gppyineed,. hpwpyer^ that this is entirely owing
to mismanagement, and thatj-with proper attenMonT^tme necessity
of-importation .might be, entirely superseded.|^ |n c e March
m p L A c cultivatipjq o f r jpe. *has j ^pnsk^abl^mcrea^ed ; ^ and
many, tl ^ wpst cmste, hitherto wdchjxnar^hy^.and,jp ir»
cultivate^, /j&KKe hpen applied ha tjjft.mjÿng r à l lag, .,use|«r yfe««
Mole, v
r'jl» island pf Ji^yJon w ^ ^ r ^ n a l ly l divi t t t %i5wte, ,%, number
pf, „djstincj;,petty kingdoips,.,separated.hy^the se»g|al rivers.. and
x^unt^ins, which a rp , dispersed over the. face of the island, and
subject 'each to* it£‘;4)Wii''ihde|fend:en^nsotbifeign. I I n ^ f ocess’ df
linfej’^'laoiwcvel^fhfe ??wk^e*'f«^#ti*y~ ^a^iVed'ucfed &pdbi'-'st!hedd,<ya
i|Mj||P^^ atad^dividedibysfw^ a^few
^ i^ rb ta iri^ h ^ r^ d e ^ fe d . s' These 5pw>S$irftfte nfere'-: dandy^/Coi-s
to d ,' ^M^ttnra*,‘wBambadaF,,^ n d i'Si!ttwacca,i nvhich-fiihlhilded' the
rich” 'dishNbta> a a ' .f Sfee ^chiief%oc& (these! {province^
■#a^&sM df i ,''tt'v wasirsituatedwm^he!^®ei5Jt]'5e; of th e:'inlanddj§ and) ■
laboured with the' r*yal .r'eaidenge.'WMiejdJKing. holds-’’*hfenapu^
>9pjp|§||'thi$©d$$i;W, atidilfhbiagH aM*Ihe'jlOffehdr-tipfb'vdjiiptek^ h'af^'
l&fe'eA> * *mo#'B.«rd|^s‘ ^^haobed|«upon 11i rio^ipart ?spf ^(Saisdy M®
eV^^de^*t^dnp6d to] ?p^?manenh i ^ubjeetioif^dhdep: -'a ^^fpire^gi^
pttwte^ Thesel^^vifioesfifwerfecsub'divided' into distfefc^s/illtn’own
iff]jtb^t icduntaty >y-' thei’ name ©f cdrl'es, and! ;dffe-r^pmdi!tl^to
ours 'sffires?»bt?'s"counties^i#iiC.heSo.: subdivisions;■’are? .still vcoiitinuedf
i n ‘^¥e! patts ^re^tedyfromKtha'inativesybyfthw ButeW; ’and Ifie '
o-bVernme-dt of4[ekcla-' ©f1 them, is giyen tor o:" . I"; - i •"'. ■ . > , • _ fhe-fcivil and" tn.,i lita'r' ivJ« ■
officers Who 'hold-post^ in their fvicini^yH^-
"^P'hfe ^great -diyisioti^bf. the, island; nowr | arif'li5p^iuced^to?.!tsifp
th’e 6ne cbriip^ehending; those parts, .under the.«dotnihionkof E?u-
ldpeans, and.the o th e ^ h o se which still« remain!itbfIth^i*nativ^k
In ft he map«f>refi.kedi.*t^;:this fvdlume, -the. .homada® id^; <«o£ *j thefb?
t ^ ] d i ^ s ^ i ( ^ ^ # K t i n ctlyJ*pPin^ <i out; a a d d t will ber.obselrved;,
that the European domimoi®, -'like a .ring,*; completelypencircle-
th g ’ tefritories^pf ^the1 JCmg,''df Gandy. Owing tpitlSesjrichnfe'ss
o&Mhe^oountry:, .around|G®'luinho5<-and , ife^fosyee and population;,
that has "always been yaccounfeds .tlaejfoapitalxsaf.!, the Eurcfee
pe&n doihinions' in thef.'island ; altlusughpifl,' regdrd' fp> all ad^
vantages to be vidhrived . ^p n i it s’ass a navahsand, military statifei,