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THE NORTHERN FORESTS. 



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cliaracter, and tlie instances in Avhicli violence to tlie 

 person accompanies offences against property are fewer 

 than in other parts of the island. The proportion of 

 cases so aggravated increases in the southern and Kan- 

 djan provinces ; and crime in the noith consists prin- 

 cipally of burglary, frequently accompanied by personal 

 violence and characterised by daring and combination.' 



^ From a paper on the state of crime 

 in Ceylon, by the Hon. Mr. Justice 

 STARKE,publishecl in the Transactmif 



of the Ceylon Asiatic Socief I/, vol. i. 

 p. 52. 



