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In 1814 Kobbekaduwe Dissawa is said to have visited 

 Panda-vewa with a view to restore it, but the rebellion which 

 broke out in that year disturbed his arrangements, and he 

 was forced to return to join the royal troops. 



Under British rule the tank seems to have been quite lost 

 sight of, and even as recently as 1837 Tumour, who ought 

 to have known it, refers to it as " not identified." Under 

 these circumstances it is no wonder that unscrupulous settlers 

 squatted on the land in the bed of the tank. Chief among 

 them was a duraya named Kiriya, who removed from his 

 village below the bund to the bed of the tank, where he 

 boldly began to clear and cultivate wherever his fancy led 

 him, claiming title under an alleged gift from a certain 

 Pandakumarihami in favour of one of his ancestors. He 

 sold part of the land, but his assertion of title to the remainder 

 as well as to the high land above the tank, which he 

 commenced clearing, was interfered with by Government. 

 Nevertheless, this enterprizing settler died, it is said, a rich 

 man, and his descendants have succeeded to his wealth and 

 to his holdings. 



The bund is 8,600 ft. long and 22 ft. high, with a 

 moderately level top 10 ft. wide and side slopes of about 

 2J to 1. It has three large breaches and one small one, 

 and originally had one main sluice and two high-level 

 ones. 



At breach No. 1 it is said a masonry spill water (pennuma) 

 once existed, and a few of the stones are to be seen in the 

 jungle. A small high-level sluice, called Goda-horrowwa, to 

 the south of the breach, is in rather good preservation. 



Breach No. 2, through which the Kolamuna-oya passes, is 

 90 ft. wide at the base, 200 ft. at the top, and 34 ft. at the 

 greatest depth. 



The main sluice, called the Meda-horrowwa, is 250 ft. to 

 the north of this breach. Between this and No. 1 (2,500 ft. 

 to 2,700 ft.) is the breach repaired by Talgaha-goda Disawa, 

 through which the Kolamuna-oya flowed before it was 

 filled. 



