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Mapillamana, Madwalamulla, Palalmana, and Patara- 

 galdova. 



Iron Ore. 



There is abundance of iron ore in the following places : — 

 Tolabowatta, Udawadiya (near Nahaville,) Hilpenkandnra, 

 Vaha Eliya in Kandapalla, Horagona also in Kandapalla, 

 Hattawalla in Bogoda. 



The place where iron was smelted for the King of 

 Kandy was at Kinagandova in Tolabowatta, and it was 

 made a compulsory labour performed by the people of 

 Kandapalla and Sabaragamuwa.* Magnetic iron ore is found 

 at Kahatavela, near Paranagama, Yatakohilla, and on the 

 road to Kataragama. 



Sulphuret of Iron, from Bintenna, is composed of arsenic 

 in a greater quantity than sulphur. Large masses of this 

 substance are found in various parts of the low country. 

 In passing along some of them, the attention is arrested 

 by the not very pelasant odour of sulphureted hydrogen 

 gas evolved by them. 



It is the general belief of the people that sulphur ore 

 exists in Walapana and Bintenna. I obtained a specimen 

 of this ore from a Kandyan at Gampaha, but I have not been 

 able to ascertain the locality from whence it was obtained. 

 The preparation of sulphur was one of the compulsory duties 

 which was rendered by the family of Tennegedara at 

 Teripehe in Walapana. 



Corundum, or Cinnamon Stone. 

 This abounds in a place called Batgamana, which is situ- 

 ated 12 miles from Alipot. The mineral is found in a 

 stream called the A gdre-ka ndura. The natives prepare a 

 useful hone by a composition of the powder of this mineral 

 with lac ; they melt the lac, and gradually add the powder, 

 which when cooled becomes hard, and is shaped into dif- 

 ferent sizes. 



* For a description of the mode of manufacturing steel as adopted by 

 the Sinhalese, vide Journal of the Asiatic Society of Ceylon, 1855, p. 73. 



