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chain of hills, covered with chena cultivation, the highest of 

 which is Narangala. The lower Badulla-road also may be 

 seen winding along the Badulla-oya. From many other 

 points grand and interesting prospects of the country may 

 be easily commanded. 



The town of Badulla is 2,600 feet above the level of the 

 sea. It is 156 'miles from Colombo via Nuwara Eliya ; 84 

 miles from Kandy ; 36 from Nuwara Eliya ; 80 from 

 Ratnapura ; 76 from Hambantota ; and 72 from Batticaloa. 



The distance from Badulla to Attampitiya is 

 From Attampitiya to Wilson's Bungalow 

 From Wilson's Bungalow to Nuwara Eliya 

 From Nuwara Eliya to Ramboda 

 From Ramboda to Pussellawa 

 From Pussellawa to Gampola 

 From Gampola to Kandy 



Distance from Badulla to Kandy 



The town of Badulla is situated on a mound surrounded 

 by an extensive valley extending two miles and of an elliptic 

 form, and presenting a series of terraced paddy-fields of about 

 400 acres in extent, irrigated by the Badulla-oya and the 

 hill streams, — the valley being a basin b'ounded by chains of 

 hills covered with lemon-grass. Through the whole extent 

 of the valley runs the Badulla-oya, a serpentine river. It 

 enters the valley from the south-west, and as it proceeds 

 towards the north, receives the small tributary streams 

 known by the name of the Kuda-oya, Rambapota-oya, and 

 it finally discharges itself into the Mahaveliganga. 



The Badulla hills are of various elevations, from 400 to 

 several thousand feet above the level of the sea, the highest 

 being 6,700 feet : this is called Namnnakuli Kan da, and 

 is situated towards the south of Badulla ; on its summit the 

 Rhododendron is found growing in great abundance. 



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