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dhapura Line to Talli-Mannar, the new Port for the coolies from S. 

 India. A small Town practically on the S. W. end of an Island 

 18 by 3 miles. The cotintry is flat, 12 inches above sea level, and 

 covered with a low scrub, practically dried up in the Spring 

 and Summer. It seemed impossible to get anything but a few 

 musk-rats and squirrels. There were many bats in the buildings of 

 the old Dutch Fort, but one could not get at them as the ceilings 

 were boarded or canvassed over and the bats got between this and 

 the tiled or Cadjan roof, the}^ flew in and out at dusk. The 

 fishermen here get several dugong during the year, in their nets, 

 the flesh is eaten, as are Flying Foxes which are considered to be 

 a dainty dish. 



OheddiJiulam, ISTorthern Province. — A very small village, with 

 one small boutique, 37 miles inland along the Railway Line from 

 Mannar. The country is flat, with a thick, thorny jungle, inter- 

 spersed with trees running up to 50 feet high. There is a big 

 Tank near the Village with some good timber trees, this is a 

 favourite haunt for Macaques, but they are very shy. There are 

 large troops of Langurs but they are even more shy than at Man- 

 keni, owing to the excessive shooting and poaching that goes on all 

 round. The Tamils shoot and eat anything. On my arrival a 

 Tamil brought up three live Grerbils, he refused 25 cents and took 

 them away to eat. The Jungle is as hard to move about in as else- 

 where in Ceylon. The natives here all keep dogs for hunting. I 

 saw 5 men who had between them 1 7 dogs on leads. This of 

 course makes the game, &c., very scarce. 



ManJisni, Eastern Province. — A Forest Bungalow on the Batti- 

 caloa and Trincomalee Eoad, 28 miles from the former, and about 150 

 yards from the Seashore. The surrounding jungle, which comes up 

 close to the Bungalow, is very thick evergreen in which it is im- 

 possible to move about, or see anything, except along a very few 

 native cart-tracks and jungle paths. Though there was plenty of 

 animal sport about, animals, except Jackals, are rarely seen. The 

 place abounds with Langurs and Macaques, but they will allow no 

 one to approach within 100 yards of them. We noticed here 

 Monkeys sleeping at noon, they were lying on their backs along the 

 boughs, with their arms and legs hanging down on each side. 



Trincomalee, Eastern Province. — There is no jungle nearer than 

 2 miles. There are Bats in Fort Augustus, but the arrival of the 

 N. E. Monsoon made collecting impossible. 



Majjor Mayor desires to record his obligation to the Director of 

 Agriculture, who gave him the use of an empty bungalow in the 

 Eoyal Botanic Gardens as head-quarters ; to the Government Agent 

 of Kandy who allowed him to shoot in the L ady Horton Reserve, 

 on the hills above Kandy ; to the Assistant Government Agent, 

 Mannar, Mr. Harrison Jones, for hospitality and help; and to Messrs. 



