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within a few miles of the sea, we rode across a vdde 

 sandy phxin only partially cultivated, which extended 

 as far as the eye could reach. Far on its eastern 

 verge, the long groves of coco-nut pahns are chscern- 

 ible, wliich fringe the shore, and stretch thkty miles 

 north and south of Batticaloa. 



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