THE SECOND VOLUME. 



IX 



CHAP. V. 



KjVNDY — PAREDEXIA. 



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General aspect of Kandy . 



Its antiquities 



Its ancient history .... 

 The public buildings and Temple of 



the Tooth 



The streets and native houses . 



The palace 



The temples ..... 

 Status of the Buddhist priesthood . 

 The Pera-hara . . . (note) 198 

 The Sacred Tooth and its story . .198 

 Fraud practised on the king of Pegu 200 

 The Tooth, and its shrine . . .202 

 The lake and scenery of Kandy . 203 

 Visit of a leopard .... 203 



Snakes 203 



Scorpions 204 



Wine grown at Kandv. a.d. 1602 



(no<e) 206 

 Costume of the chiefs . . . 206 

 Peradenia ...... 207 



Cultivation of sugar .... 207 



The Botanic Garden .... 209 



Unreasoning complaints against 209, 210 

 Duties of a botanic officer . . .211 

 Story of the Tooth . . (no^e) 213 



CHAP. VI. 



OAMPOLA AND THE COFFEE DISTRICTS. 



The bridge of Peradenia . . . 222 

 Torrents of the Mahawelli-ganga . 222 

 Country from Kandy to Garapola . 222 

 Character of the Kandyans . . 223 

 Their affection for kindred . . 224 



Gampula and its antiquities . . 224 

 Huge spiders — the Mygale . . 225 

 Origin of coffee-planting in Ceylon . 226 

 Introduced by the Arabs . . . 226 

 Discouraged bv the Dutch . . 227 

 Coffee found at Kandy in 1815 . . 227 

 Cultivated by the natives . . . 227 

 Systematic culture introduced by Sir 



Edward Barnes .... 228 

 Encouraging circumstances in 1826 . 228 

 Increased consumption of coffee in 



Europe .... {nnte) 228 

 Failure of the supply from the West 



Indies 228 



Rapid success of the experiment . 229 

 Kapid sale of crown lands . (iwte) 230 

 Imprudence of the early planters . 231 

 Attractions of a forest life . . . 231 

 The mania at its height in 1845 . 231 

 The crisis of 1846 . . . .232 



Tape 

 Sacrifice of estates .... 232 



Gradual recovery of the enterprise . 232 

 Subsequent improvements in culture 233 

 Difficulties of the speculation . . 233 

 Difficulty of obtaining labour . . 233 

 Dangers from winds, vermin, and 

 insects ...... 234 



Ravages of the " coffee bug " . . 234 



Rats 234 



Future prospect of the planter . . 235 

 Present extent under cultivation . 235 

 Valuable tables of Mr. Ferguson . 235 

 The future and probable extension . 236 

 The anxieties of absent planters . 236 

 Old Gampola ferry .... 237 

 Table of coffee estates . . . 238 

 Note on the coffee bug . . . 244 



CHAP. VII. 



rUSILAWA AND NEUERA-ELLIA. 



Road from Gampola to Pusilawa . 249 



Gamboge trees, &c 249 



Patenas 249 



Sounds heard clear!}' on the hills . 250 

 Mode of felling forests . . . 250 

 Pusilawa ...... 250 



The estate of Mr. Worms . . 250 

 Beauty of a coffee plantation . .251 

 Tea grown at Pusilawa . . . 251 

 Objects of natural history . . 252 

 Habits of animals at various hours 



of the day 252 



The early buttei-flies and birds . 253 

 Songsters and bees .... 253 

 Noon and the effects of heat on the 



animals 254 



Evening and its characteristics . 255 



Night 257 



Rangbodde ...... 257 



General Eraser's estate . . . 258 

 Gregarious spiders .... 258 



Effects of cold on the Singhalese . 259 

 The Caffre corps .... 259 



One of them killed by an ele- 

 phant 259 



Neiiera-elUa and its discovery . . 200 

 Its climate and vegetation . . 261 

 Effects on health . , . .262 

 The benefits to invalids . . . 563 

 Farming at Neuera-cllia . . 264 



Gem-finding 264 



OotWi,— its fertility .... 265 



its jtroductions. — coffee estates 266-268 



Badulla, — town described . . . 266 



The hot well 268 



Outcasts and degraded races . . 268 

 Magnificent view at the pass of 

 Ella 268 



