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I have seen specimens of the old paper in the possession of 

 Kandyan painters. It is of a whitey- brown colour, very 

 coarse texture, and rather thick. 



Tinder making is also described by Mr. Ondaatje. There is 

 a woolly material found at the base of the leaves of the kitul. 

 " After having collected a sufficient quantity of the material, 

 which they call 4 kitul poolung,' and well drying it in the sun, 

 they^mix it with the ashes of the leaves of the Solanum verbasi- 

 olium (Hakirilla, Sin.), Vitex tri folia, and lime rind, and 

 thus is made native tinder." The tinder was carried in a 

 little round bag made of plaited cotton, and with a small 

 opening|from which a little of the tinder could be extracted 

 as required. 



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