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of Ceylon. It comprises thirteen acres of land, included 

 in a horseshoe bend of the Mahaweli ganga. Every 

 known variety of palm can be found here, as well as 

 specimens of nearly all trees and shrubs of the tropics. 

 I saw here a clove tree (Eugenia caryophylata) at least 

 forty feet high, an ebony tree (Diospyros ebenum) and 

 a nux vomica tree of about the same dimensions. The 

 towering palms, the dark walks cut through the other- 

 wise impenetrable jungles, and the gorgeous flowers, 

 of trees, shrubs and plants, make this spot a real para- 

 dise on earth, a great contrast to the dilapidated city 

 of Kandy. 



CANDY GENERAL CIVIL HOSPITAL. 



This is a very pretty, comfortable, clean, well-man- 

 aged general hospital, built on the same plan as the Co- 

 lombo General Hospital. It is located outside of the 

 depressing influences of a formerly famous, now crumb- 

 ling city, in a little vale surrounded by green hills on 

 all sides. The snow-white one-story pavilions and the 

 connecting, roofed cement walks lined with square 

 column-; of the same color, around a central square or- 

 namented with jack and bo-trees, palms and flower- 

 beds, give it the very picture of isolation, comfort and 

 peace. The 213 patients inside of its walls enjoyed 

 the blessings of careful nursing and the benefits of ex- 

 cellent surgical and medical skill. 



Dr. James William de Hoedt is the physician and sur- 

 geon in charge, ably assisted by a woman house sur- 

 geon. Miss Winifred Nell, L.E.C.P. and S.E. Dr. 

 Nell is not only a very competent physician, but at 

 the same time a skilled naturalist, as I had an oppor- 

 tunity to learn during the visit we made together to the 

 botanical garden. The nursing staff is in charge of an 

 Anglican sister. Sister Eustacia Mary, a well-trained 

 nurse and charming lady. I found here a number of in- 

 teresting emergency cases and the usual predominance 

 of ankylostoma, malaria and enteric fever. There have 



