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which he had set himself of unraveling the mysteries of a Ua-- 
gbtten past, — was not accompHshed ; he tHed of juni^rle fe\er twi^ 
months after our arrival at Anuradhapura, in the wilds of north- 
ern Ceylon. Of this Anuradhapura I shall have occasion to sax- 
more anon. It is the most remarkable labyrinth of ruins yet 
di.scovered on the island, and is now believed to have been the 
capital in that very remote past. The ruins, now completely- 
surrounded and parth' covered by the juntjle, extend over an 
area of many square miles, and were then as now practicall\- 
unexplored, though a number of coffee-planters, English officers, 
and other Europeans residing on the island had visited them. — 
more. I dare say, to gratify curiosit)-, and for the sake of the 
sport that could be had in the hunting of elk and elephants on 
the road, than to carry on systematic explorations. T^iis regi<'ii 
is now exceedingly unhealthy, like most of the low-lying districts 
of Ceylon, and so it happened that shortl\- after our arrix.il Dr. 
Goldschmied, and two young Englishmen who had joined us at 
Colombo " to .see the fun," as they expresscil it. were attacked 
with dysentery and jungle fever, the two most dreaded diseases 
to Europeans on the island. The Tamil coolies we had with us 
and. .strange to .say, nn- humble self, remained in good health, 
but poor Goldschmied died after about ten days of dreadful suf- 
fering. Had he lived, I am firmly persuaded that he would luue 
become one of the mo.st famous of men ; he had all the elements 
of a true scientist, and though young was a profound Sanscrit 
scholar. He would ha\e developed into another Max Muller: in 
fact, would have outrivaled that great orientalist and philosopher. 
I did not continue Goldschmied's explorations. 1 had not th.c 
nece.s.sary preliminary knowledge to enable me to attempt such a 
short, in natural historw and I remained for two years in Ce\-lon. 
gathering such inform'ation as 1 could, making 'collections! and 
observing things generallx" to the best of m>- ability. I traveled 
from the extreme north to the extreme south of the island, and 
from ea.st to west, in all sorts of directions ; spent months \\\ 
unhealthy, swampy regions ow the coast and in the interi. i ; 
