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villas of the Dutch biu^ghers give it an aspect of cheerful- 

 ness and prosperity. 



At JSTegombo I was met by an orderly from the 

 Governor, with an express, to apprise me that a re- 

 belhon had broken out in the central provinces, and that 

 a king having been crowned in the temple of Dambool 

 was then on his march towards Kandy, Avdth an armed 

 force of adlierents. My horses were instantly ordered, 

 and early in the morning of the 3 0th of July, 1848, I 

 returned to Colombo. 



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