Chap. VI.] 



THE OLD FERRY. 



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Gampola ; it completes the communication between tlie 

 central capital and the coffee districts of the Southern 

 Zone, and is an object of the highest value to the planting 

 interests. But the early settlers in these liills will long 

 remember with interest, the ancient ferry, the passage of 

 which was frequently attended with danger ; when the 

 river, swollen by sudden rains in the mountains, swept 

 past in a torrent, sometimes raised thirty feet above the 

 customaiy level. 



THE OLD GAMPOLA FERRT. 



