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thought I had better quickly retrace my steps 

 to the Government Road, and thence make a 

 fresh departure, and afterwards when I met 

 him at dinner at the house of my friends, we 

 had a hearty laugh over the occurrence. A 

 large and merry party of young people made 

 this a most enjoyable visit, music, games and 

 dancing filled up the time, and when I was not 

 otherwise engaged I was never tired of visiting 

 the garden with its wealth of English as well 

 as Ceylon flowers. Thanks to the kindness of 

 friends I have thus been enabled to visit many 

 parts of the island which an ordinary globe 

 trotter would not see, and have also got an in- 

 sight into phases of planting life, so to speak, 

 from the inside, and not the usual outside view 

 of a mere traveller. 



