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" fed and distributed rice and curry, sweets and other 

 " delicacies to over 2,500 persons at the fish market to- 

 " day. The neighbouring fruit market likewise enter- 

 " tained a good many with sweets, young cocoanuts, 

 " tea, &c. Refreshments of a like nature were given at 

 " the plumbago stand." 



This is only one of many such announce- 

 ments. 



The other procession was that of a Burmese 

 priestess who had come to visit the celebrated 

 Kandy "Temple of the Tooth." She was 

 lodged on the opposite side of Kandy lake, so 

 we had a prolonged view of the procession as 

 it wended its way along the circuitous road at 

 the water's edge, and the beauty of the scene 

 was very much enhanced by the very vivid 

 reflections on the smooth surface of the lake. 

 All the dresses were pure white, the priestess 

 herself walking under a white canopy, whilst 

 another important person had, what appeared to 

 our irreverent gaze, an old patchwork quilt as a 

 canopy over him (or perhaps her). In front 

 walked what I suppose I must call the band — 

 very primitive drums and fifes with banners. 

 The noise of this, and the wild acclamations of 

 the people in the streets, were almost deafen- 

 ing, but the stateliness of gait of the proces- 

 sionists and the pageant as a whole, were much 

 to be admired. To the native mind, noise 

 seems inseparable from rejoicing. Lately a 



