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they stroll along the greensward, the better to 

 see and be seen, makes a very vivid and 

 striking picture, one that I am glad to have 

 witnessed, and shall often think of on dull 

 December days at home. 



During the season numerous cricket and 

 football matches are played on this ground, 

 generally on Saturdays under the auspices of 

 the Sports' Club. Superintendents of Estates 

 cannot often find time to indulge in a match, 

 but when they do, they thoroughly enjoy it, 

 and have a merry time with both their friends 

 and opponents. 



New Year's Day falling also on a Sunday, 

 I was glad to take the opportunity of once more 

 attending a Church Service. The mid-day 

 heat of the sun, makes it impossible for anyone 

 living a few miles from a church to go there, 

 the service being held at eleven o'clock, a most 

 unsuitable hour for this climate. One sadly 

 misses public religious worship, and all that it 

 implies. I often wonder what kind of religion 

 (if any) children of the second generation will 

 develop who are brought up in outlying plant- 

 ing districts, where churches are few and far 

 between, and where outward observances form 

 so small a factor in most people's lives, although, 

 of course, there are many honourable excep- 

 tions. 



But to go back to St. Paul's Church, Kandy, 



