No. 40.— 1890.] 



KURUNeGALA ROCKS. 



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While it is a solitary life for those to lead who perform the 

 offices of this desolate place of worship in the heart of the 

 wilderness, — the haunt of the elephant, the bear, and the 

 cheetah, — yet they support the burden of their trusts with 

 calm resignation and steadfast belief in the reward hereafter ; 

 and their consolation in their solitude might appropriately 

 be described in the words of the immortal bard : — 



" And this our life, exempt from public haunt, 

 Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 

 Sermons in stones, and good in everything." 



13 FEB.9'5 



