HUNTING & SHOOTING IN CEYLON 



and the Kumbukkan Oya, the sea-coast, and province 

 boundary the country is reserved as a game sanctuary. 

 The usual shooting country for visitors is around Wirawila, 

 and here one can hardly fail to bag deer, pig, buffalo, 

 elephant, pea fowl, and all manner of small game, as this 

 province is unquestionably the " gamiest " part of Ceylon. 



The foregoing short accounts of the class of country 

 in the different provinces will, I trust, be of some use 

 to the intending sportsman or visitor previously un- 

 acquainted with the country and help him in a choice of 

 itinerary. 



Ceylon is not an easy country to travel in off the main 

 roads. As far as they are concerned, the travelling is 

 delightful ; good roads, easy gradients, and above all the 

 inestimable blessing of the excellent and well-kept rest- 

 houses, provided and upkept by Government for the use 

 of travellers, at distances of from 10 to 14 miles along 

 each and every main road, and even on some of the minor 

 gravel roads. No other country in the world, I believe, 

 can show such excellent accommodation for travellers, 

 particularly as regards the nearness of the rest-houses to 

 each other, so that if a breakdown occurs to your con- 

 veyance, whatever it may be, you are never more than 

 7 miles from good shelter, complete accommodation, and, 

 at the very least, the humble fowl and curry and rice if 

 you have no food-stuff of your own with you. 



Leave the main roads, however, and your difficulties 

 begin. You find a rough track, sandy or lumpy in the 

 dry season, and impassable in the wet season. If you have 

 a cart it gets upset or has to be continually unloaded, and 

 your rate of travel will be about 5 miles per day. There 

 is no accommodation in the low country off the main roads 

 unless you are lucky enough to find a P.W.D. or Circuit 



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