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KAXDY AXD PEKADEXIA. 



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VII. 



It frequents the sleeping apartments and wardrobes, and 

 conceals itself in the folds of loose dresses. It is regarded 

 as noxious, but I beheve unjustly, as I never heard of 

 any inji^uy arising from its sting. 



The temperatm-e of Kandy is beheved to have in- 

 creased in warmth since the surfaces of the surrounduig 

 mountains have been diied by the felhng of the trees, to 

 convert the forests into plantations of coffee ^ ; — and it is 

 certamly remarkable tliat althougli grapes TvdLl not ripen 

 there now, as the vine requires a winter repose"^, wine 

 from grapes grown on the spot was produced in the time 

 of the Dutch. Spilberg, Avho drank of it m 1602, 

 describes its quahty as excellent ; and Valentyn at a later 

 })eriod speaks of it in similar terms.^ 



KANDYAN CHIEFS. 



The costumes of the groups of Kandj'ans who, on oc- 

 casions of ceremony, present themselves to the governor 



' For an analysis of the climate 

 of Kaudv, see ante, Vol. I. Pt. i. cb. ii. 

 p. 70. 



"^ See Vol. I. rt. I. ch. iii. p. 89, 

 and Vol. II. p. 589. 



^ " Tout ce que Ton recueille dans 

 les autres pais, soit buile, fronient, 

 vin, y pent croitre et produire 

 encore mienx qii'ailleurs. Xom y 



avo/is bu de ires bom viim (hi cru iht 

 pais." — Si'iLBEiiG, torn ii. p. 4.52. 

 Valextyx says, the wine of Kandy 

 was equal to any in Portuofal : " en 

 die in zieh zelve zoo proed was, als 

 eenig-e wyn in Portugal gewasschen." 

 — Oud en Nteuw Oost-Indien, ch. viii. 

 p. 104. 



