Chap. II.] PORTICO OF THE OLD QUEEN'S HOUSE. 



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lombo by the old Dutch gate beneath the Midclelburg 

 bastion, we drove along the mam street, shaded by rows 

 of luximant liibiscus ; and were received by Sir Cohn Camp- 

 bell imder the hospitable portico of the old Government 

 House. 



PORTICO OF THE OLD QUEEN'S HOOSE, COLOMBO. 



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