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inches of rain have been known to fall in 

 twenty-four hours. 



Another visit I paid to a friend of my girl- 

 hood at her pretty house in picturesque Pun- 

 daloya. Every inch of ground round the 

 bungalow bore evidence of a lady's taste, and 

 had been laid out to the best advantage, and 

 planted with ferns, flowers, and ornamental 

 shrubs. A rocky mountain stream wended its 

 way in tiny cascades through the garden, 

 which added greatly to the beauty ; roses and 

 lilies as well as scarlet geraniums grew along 

 its banks ; and from the verandah and also 

 from my room, could be seen a view extending 

 almost to Kandy, forty miles away. It was 

 most cheering in this land of strangers to be 

 once more called by my Christian name, and 

 to have what the Scotch call a " good crack " 

 about old days and old friends. 



I must not omit to mention a very pleasant 

 week that I spent on a fine tea Estate in Udu 

 Pusselawa. I passed through Newera Eliya 

 to reach the house of my kind and hospitable 

 friends. The Sanatorium is, I can imagine, a 

 bright, gay place to stay at in the season, if you 

 are in the "swim," but my acquaintance with 

 it was on two grey days, and I was not struck 

 by any natural beauty in the situation. The 

 houses are also scattered and uninteresting. 

 Doubtless, had I seen more of the place, I 



