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Eluwa-gala, " Goat Rock," 

 comes next in succession to Maraluwawa-gala, and stands 

 in the village Eluwapola, between the 4th and 5th mileposts 

 on the Wellowa road. It wants a vivid imagination to trace 

 any resemblance in the rock to the animal which it is sup- 

 posed to represent. A little way from the foot of the rock 

 there is a small temple on the roadside at the village Medde- 

 gama, near the 4th milepost. Eluwd-gala is also called 

 Hu-kiy ana-gala, the "Echoing rock." The villagers say 

 that this rock, unlike others, echoes every description of 

 sound — from the ploughman's song to the bark of the village 

 dog ! The " Goat rock " is divided by some into Maha- 

 eluwd-gala and Kuda-eluwd-gala, — the Great and the Little 

 Goat rock, — but the distinction is without a difference. 



Adjoining the " Goat rock," and running in continuation 

 with it, is — 



Kimbula-gala, "Crocodile Rock," 

 in which, too, it is difficult to discover any likeness to the 

 huge saurian to which its name would imply a semblance. 

 There is nothing peculiar about the appearance of this 

 gigantic mass of gneiss save its uncouth and elongated form, 

 in which it is hard to distinguish what is imagined to be 

 the head from the tail of the crocodile. No temples stand 

 on or near it. This rock, too, lies in the village Eluwapola. 



Proceeding along the same road, at Handamagama, at the 

 5th milepost, is seen perhaps the best specimen of the whole 

 range — 



Etini-gala, " She-Elephant Rock." 

 The beast appears as if sculptured in relief on the side of 

 a larger rock, which forms its background, and concealed in 

 the jungle and undergrowth, from which only its massive 

 head and back can be discerned. Its resemblance to the 

 noble beast of the forest is more marked than even that of 

 Eta-gala at Kurunegala, the eye, ear, and so much of the 

 trunk and back as can be seen from the roadside through 

 the brushwood being quite natural and life-like. Perhaps 



