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GAMPOLA AXD THE COFFEE EEGIONS. [Part VII. 



present inoment there are upwards of three thousand 

 acres in bearuig, and the ascertained portion of forest 

 land suitable for plantations is not less than thkty thousand 

 more. 



The chmate is one of the most salubrious in Ceylon ; 

 and owing to this sino-ular combination of capabilities 

 there can be httle doubt that, with the extension of roads 

 and enlarged means of communication with the capitals 

 and the coast, Oovali, as it is already one of the richest 

 districts in the island, is destined at no distant date to be 

 one of the most prosperous and frequented. 



BaduUa, the capital of the principality, lies in a 

 valley, on one side of which rises the mountain of 

 Xamoone-koole, whose summit is nearly 7000 feet liigh. 

 No scene in nature can be more peaceftd and lovely, 



but tlie valley has been so often desolated by war, that 

 nothing remains of the ancient city except its gloomy 

 temples and the vestiges of a ruined dagoba. The 

 British liave couvei-led an ancicu! rcsidrnce of the 



