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rilYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



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quantity of rain falls on the south-western portion 

 the month of May, when the wind from the Indian Ocean 

 is intercepted, and its moisture condensed by the lofty 

 mountain ranges, surrounding Adam's Peak. The region 

 principally affected by it stretches from Point-de-Galle, 

 as far north as Putlam, and eastward till it includes the 



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DIAGRAM EXHIBITING THE COMPARATIVE FALL OP RA.IN ON THE SEABORDE OF THE 

 DEKKAN, AND AT COLOMBO. IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF. CEYLON. 



Odg maximuTn at the spring change of the monsoon anticipating a little that on the West coast of India; 

 aui>ther at the aut mnn al changi^ corresponding raore esacUy -with that of the East coast. The entire fall 

 through the year Laore equably distributed at Colombo. 



greater portion of the ancient Kandyan Idngdom. But 

 tlie rains do not reach the opposite vside of the island ; 

 whilst tlie west coast is deluged, the east is sometimes 

 exhausted Avith dryness ; and it not unfrequently happens 

 that dilFerent aspects of the same mountain present at 



