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wall at the northern end of the gal-ge, and under cover of a 

 rock close by there are a great quantity of tiles. On top of 

 the rock forming the gal-ge in which the Buddhas are there 

 is a stone building of some kind. 



Near this gal-ge, to the south-east of it, there is a ruin with 

 a Jcessakuttiya (urinal) of the shape shown in fig. 10, 



I saw a building on top of a rock by the side of a stream 

 which flows into th.Q pokuna (pond) mentioned by Mr. Mantelh 

 The building is a square one, and the rock not being level 

 at the top, the stones are fitted into grooves about an inch 

 deep, cut into the rock, to prevent them slipping. Across 

 the stream there is a single span stone bridge, fifteen 

 feet high, leading from the building. The bridge is formed 

 of three large slabs of stone, which rest on the rocks on 

 either side of the stream. These slabs are about 14 feet 

 long and 18 inches thick. Two are about 3 feet wide, and 

 the other about 18 inches. 



The ground all about here is covered with ruins ; and 

 there seem to be steps by hundreds leading all over the 

 place. 



It is impossible to get any idea of the place until the jungle 

 is cleared ; and even when it is cleared it will not be easy on 

 the south of the footpath, on account of the huge boulders 

 which cover the ground. 



I do not think that I particularly noticed anything else at 

 the foot of the hill, 



I saw two gal-gewal on the plateau about 800 feet 

 below the Ritigala bungalow. Neither of them have any 

 inscription that I could discover, but on a rock in front 

 of the bigger gal-ge there is a mark, as shown in fig. 11, 

 cut into the face of. the rock. There are also in this 

 place some very rough stone boundary walls, and some 

 rough stone stairs leading for some way up the side of the 

 hill. 



At the top of the hill, against the east side of the rock on 

 which the trigonometrical station is built, there are two 



