CHAPTER VI. 



Crtlon and the Singhalese — Mountain eotjte to Kandy — Botanical 

 Garden at Peradenita — Dalada Temple — Buddhisji — Visit to 

 Newere Ellia, the Sanitarium — Damboul, Pollanartta, and 

 Anurajapore, Ancient Capitals of Ceylon — The Thuparame — 

 Galle — Precious Stones and Pearls of Ceylon. 



On approaching the island of Ceylon at an early hour, 

 the aspect of the coast, fringed with a deep border of 

 cocoanut palms, and high mountains for a background, 

 is exceedingly beautiful, and the contrast on arriving 

 in the small port of Colombo, with its projecting walls 

 of the old Portuguese and Dutch forts, is by no means 

 a ])leasing one. The harbour is now, however, under- 



