I have given a, represéhtatión of this manner of. fishing in fig .
lvqf thé - annexed plate. t .
.| Besides: the produce - :of the fisheries, other sorts , Of traffic,
a re . carried on ati Nigumbo to a cOoBÉdér&ble ajnouiit. I t i$ to
this, place, that the adjacent .country sends such articles as are
destined for exportation thé 'vessels which are !to receive, them,
cpriié to anchor off the harbour, when the goods, are carried on
hoard and conveyed to th e .different parts ofMhdia^ ^
, Theinhabitants contain a nwaaajiéÉ: ©fd:3Sd0oÖ*s>” AlalabarSj afid
Indian Portuguese; .and ..it is: remarked that 'th e women- of
these casts, as well as of . the native Cin^esé,. are prettier here
than atjColumbo and other$ more noted places., Fof. its, cOpl*
healthy, and pleasant situation, L Nigumbp is^usuallyï ranked -next
to Jafuapatam though some give thé ptrefesewce to." Caltura,,
another delightful .village.about thirty milek'isoutHio#'<Clolumbo*,
! The English landed .at : Nigumbo jnr.February ; 1^96* when
they made themselves masters, of . it wi.thout oppositión^^ ;:
From Nigumbo southward the road is 'hxla^mely ; pleasant^
it'is shaded th é whole way, and there ,aro a: number of renting;
places provided for. travellers. About' half way tp. jCohimbo|is,
a vefy large, or barrack, .to which thje jofficers of- the,
garrisons frequently go on Shooting..parties, I£f is-situated" in a.
most agreeable spot in. the midst of a picturesqoé couiitry; and
snipe and several species; of. j game abound in this quarter*; ,
• After the: taking of Nigumbo,: general. Stewart with.-.the. d2dj>
73d, and 77th .regiments, three battalions of Sepoys* and a- de~
iachment.of Bfengal artillery, marched to attack Colombo., . The
road through which he had to ƒ pass presented apparently the
moist formidable,obstacles, .Those rivers which add,sofmuch to
the beauty and richness of the country, and those, woods whicht
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