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GAiMPOLA AND THE COFFP:e KEGIOXS. 



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GENERAL PHASER'S ESTATE AT KAKGBODDE. 



Ill tlie damp sliade near these water-falls the delicate 

 spectre butterfly^ is seen in unusual numbers, its broad 

 and hniber wings undulating as if unequal to sustain its 

 Aveight, and over the streams the brilhant green dragon- 

 fly^ dashes from place to place, on wings that flash like 

 shced emeralds set in gold. 



Pusilawa is a favourite haunt of a curious species of 

 long-legged spider^, that congregates in groups of from 

 flfty to a hundred, in hollow trees and in holes in the 

 banks by the roadside, and to a casual observer would 

 seem bunches of horse-hair. This appearance is pro- 

 duced by the long and slender legs of these creatures, 

 which are a shining black, whilst their bodies, so small 

 as to be mere specks, are concealed beneath them. The 

 same spider is found in the low country near Galle, but 

 there it shows no tendency to become gregarious. Can 



Ilestia Jasonia. 



' Phalanr/iiim him/natvm. 



