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ovcrsliaduwed by uml^rageous Jack,* Kcttukj]' 

 mmrW^^ tlf^, and which displays the 

 g%^i^ t^pt^mtarte 0f a imms^ fH^ooe of the 

 tuterior, called *' Kottah ifojah," to the attention 



of the tTtivellcr- 



The fis'iire, uhout .sixteen ur eigliteeu feet 

 in heiglitj is sculptured in the solid rock j 

 mAi aeeoMiiaig the Singal^ tradition, the 

 origin id discovery of tlie cocOm-9ltlt tree is attri- 

 buted to a vision, wliich first cnuiiiiuuicated to 

 tliis higldy-fjivnured rajnh a kuowletlge of that 

 principal of ail vegetable productions, wliich 



omaoli^teat' wisdom and i]$uiiliSe3ie& Ims m 

 libetaUy biestowed upon the sable portion of 

 mankind. 



A Singalese kins:, or sovereign prince, as 

 the term rajah " implies, of devout conduct 

 miL tSmws^^ ti^eesifidf^ I«»{den1y aMieted witb a 

 eulansont dii^ia, whif^h covered .hinoL a 

 white scaly substance Arom head to foot, to so 

 great a degree as almost to di'privc liitn of 

 huinau appearance : so very rapidly did the 

 loathsome distemper ^idsi^ tnallig^n^nt In- 

 fluence over thie afaph's pmon> timt saerifioes 

 were resorted to by his people, iu the hope of 

 thei'eby appeasing the anger of the supposed 



* Artocarpiis ijitegrifalifij JUiwi. 

 r Carjota urens> 



