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CHAPTER XX. 



Vieit from the young Rajnli— Native iveajions— Costume — ■ 

 The " trading minister" and his hoy — Inspection of the 

 ship hy the natives — Population of the Pedh* district — 

 Rambles on the coast^-King Crabs— Laud crabs- 

 Ova of fisli — Soltlicr crabs — Their food — ^Tlie Rajah's 

 house — Cocoa-nut water — Habitations in the llajah's 

 mclosure — The fbi%— The Immt — ^Banks of the vhtr 

 — • Plants — Native fislilng — Fruits — The country far- 

 ther inland — Vegetation — - The Eju Palm — A fine 



On the afternoon of the followittg day we hiu] 

 the lioiioor of a visit from tlie yoimg rajah • lie 

 caiiic ofT ill one of tlic large native boatsi, seated 

 upon a piatforni on the stern, in the orieiiUil 

 fasMo&i Haying no slate-boat he eame In thh, 

 which was metely one of the umsl cargo, or 

 fishing boats, which are hirgc and spadons, 

 witli a small (lerk or [►latforin at the after-part. 

 Many the rower!? were attired in scarlet 



