CHAPTER VI.
Coimtty, south o f Columbo—Galkbesi—P antura rCaltura Bar-*
i bdrednA^'Bentöt^Boint'de G^cdlé^Maturar-^Bcitacólo,
T h e country round Columbo, for several' rinlesjris flat and
very’rïëhr' It" is M É with fields of rtce'ïnd 'pasture-vns
well as a vaiiety of groves, among-^wliich the &oco'a-tree as par-*
ticiilarly ; cï^spicüOüsi, A numbed of gentle eminérices, shattered
up" and down through the plains, afford an opportunity J6f- en-J
joying this dëfightfui ^röspëct, which is farther embellished with
a number of Small rivers/dakes, and canals. The shady roads;
whicli every where intersect the country, afford an agreeable
^héltefitb',&è traveller; ‘•while the ‘numerous country-seats>ahd
gardens" : whifcli: skirt- them'" present his’deye, with ^continual
change Of gratification. Here it ifcthat the most-weaijhy Dutch
gentlemen^have their country residences. ■- The Gate governor^
M. Van Angfebeck, had a very pretty-house delightfully situated
bn the banks of the Mutwal, where the river extends
itself into a ^ry-broaA'channel, and ^arith
ings • affords a most enchanting prospect from the ,ruad.* whic&
runs along its banks for many miles. -The house ^ eu p ied .b y
govern®* North about a mile from the fort, is a?,very, elegant
building; and, with the surrounding gardens and grounds, furnishes
a delightful residence. Several; Temples of .the natives
are situated along tire, banks of this river .and, amongst the
adjoining groves, t
Kg One' eff the. chief beauties in the ■ij$gjbbouife®$ iOfiriEohimb«^,
is jttte ii®n$<|nse »numb'e^ of cinnamon whioh< produce ?«fche
riches/ofiihfe ishW./ In dhe ^oods they grow wild ill abundance
; and4h, the^fd'rd^s^'theyvard no# regularly {dmt«3atedi Xktth
the 'greatest, sb®<Sssj.ij|t *
'•fi Oh preceding• southward frorh (nolnihbo,, the rln^ejgro ve'dlrfqf
^bcoaotfees,,, #h iehll are/.t;egj&iafll refijeshihg ffrom-ritfeebn J^uit? <and
theic ^hade^nstiW hodtinbe fo^ikiTki^ndi^piteit? tiaet®oadi.t
thereforet '-upanii^ the* ■ wholdl^jlleasabitr tor 'thebtravpHes>i'^lti»iigb
ahdeed the sand ^hiew'hat fatiguingivnThe toa® lieseqnito?^
Ihe. s^.^ldh'>&Mj, feix, milesi.„tilL w® the small village
of 'Galkies^i^eh^is theifenas jaHbhaifeh ffoBstKe'taeeftmBpQdaifci'qhtf^jif
both-the P a tc h ‘andi^ngHae^i<iEnaEny?of(jfehd nalivds ifairi%,rbBbA
converted to itheitchfistianbi^diigione' i
rFrOm .Galkillt jt@ ]Pantnrav;,a disthnoexpfn^^^ei tnilesh the
load-. is'^Lrshaded'.dnd ple3San%nditemifi^ ;byi,a ‘paet| blithe
cinnamon.- gardens, whiohif#ti^^h&rh«3^ .4his>>Iract.97i:Pahtma
is > aSiVillage, with ;-a chaficM; hattd, l^rjnacks’hhvef fcgh; aeneltld
here" for- the troops h r i n occasionally, in theiin<rdute) deom
Columboi to’ Ptiint dei Gblfo. On nieces*
Sary to pass a; river, o f ; considerable (breadths which ruhsriintb
the sea d o se by-1-
From Pantura to; G^ituiu,rai,dislance>ofi teh tnilesjrfhe whbl^
country may. ihe icepsadered- as^bne dekgbtf^hgwFe^lIiitffe Ijbe
Indad | has entirely thfe i.hppeto'anb6; o f ^ i-hfOacb- walk btbrQq§f*K'h,
Shady-garden, ; I^wro^pacesiofjiit are? s#-> mhob jexpeseld ,fis to
allow' even *fchfe hottestf^sun? at i ntfonMfty it®]; pfeag|irjiteyji;tvr -The
l^atdijl refreshment-iKMcfefisulh a road a ^ r a v « ^ in
tins sultryyqlfinate cad only, he icoiiceivsedi hy, fchosey'#feo hMfe
passed from, Golnmho ,b% -Caltura, Theif gopdnesa** of,- Ghfe. m&ds
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