80 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



NOTES ON ADAM'S PEAK AND SOME OF THE 

 PATHS IN THE RANGE. 



By J. Still. 



^T^HE areas and paths explored by me during a fortnight spent 

 -^ in the Peak range in December, 1902, were as follows : — 



(1) The Maskeliya-para, including all its ambalams. 



(2) The cone of the Peak itself, including the caves and cliffs on 



the eastern and north-eastern faces. 



(3) The Gilimale-jjara and its ambalams as far down as 



Palabadalla. 



(4) A path which pushes under the northern cliffs of the Peak 



and connects Idikatu-pana ambalam on the Maskeliya- 

 para with Andiyamalatena on the Gilimale-para. 



(5) A path which connects the Heramiti-pana ambalam on the 



Gilimale-para with the path over the range to the north 

 of the Peak. 



(6) A small part of the Erane-para. 



(7) An abandoned path connecting Dharmaraja-gala and 



Heramiti-pana ambalam, both on the Gilimale-para. 



(8) The deep gorge below the cliffs at Nilihela on the Gilimale- 



para. 



(9) The large cup-shaped valley between Adam's Peak on the 



one side and Bena Samanala-gala on the other. 



(10) About 1| mile of the bed of a stream in the jungle on the 



heights to the E.S.E. of Nissangala ambalam on the 



Maskeliya-para and above the first ambalam. 



Nos. (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), and (10) were archaeologically drawn 



blank, though they possessed other interests. I am inclined to 



believe that although I was unsuccessful in the last of the places 



mentioned, there is something there worth hunting for. 



MASKELryA-PARA AND AmBALAMS. 



The first ambalam on the Maskeliya-para is only a boutique, and 

 is of no interest whatever. From here to the second ambalam, 

 which is called m Sinhalese Nissangala-lena and in Tamil Kal- 

 podavu, must be a mile or more, and the path contauis nothing of 

 interest until it crosses a suspension bridge a few hundred yards 

 below the second ambalam ; here a stream runs between high banks, 

 on one side clothed with jungle, and on the other planted with tea, 



