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by the roadside. However, the driver and 

 guard got down and unharnessed their nags. 

 At the end of two or three minutes the 

 unfortunate animals were again brought up 

 to the vehicle and "inspanned," the only 

 change being that the previous off horse 

 was now the near one, and vice versa. 



Before E and I had finished laueh- 



ing at this most original change we were 

 off again, and duly caught our train at 

 Kalutara. 



Coaching accidents are almost unknown In 

 Ceylon, except perhaps on the Ratnapura 

 and Kurnegalla coaches. The low-country 

 mails owe their immunity from accident to 

 the fact that, as before said, the roads run 

 through dead-level country — on a level, 

 moreover, with the road, which Is not 

 ditched. So If the coach does leave the 



