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trance, lie beheld a large expanse of water, 

 wBleti $^ted^ and found it both salt and 



and yim in the distance ; Imvtng ^ its HWgin 



iimnense otovcs of troes of a rare kind, sncli as 

 he liad never liefore seen ; for, instead of 

 bjanches in various directions^ as otter trees 

 Iiad in hm connlary, ^ tuft &f lai^ l^eai?^ as 

 they then appeared to liini lo be, ;Oj^^?Wii^ the 

 lofty sin urn it of cacli individual tree, winch, to 

 an immense lieight, was totally divisted of 

 branches or foliage. — ^This tradition is believed 

 by many eminent TimanseSj m high priests, of 

 Budhoo, who attach to it great antiquity* 



The Kottah rajah, having awakened from liis 

 trance, felt his mind dee])ly impressed with tlie 

 unusual nature of his dreams ; but^ in tlie na- 

 tuml m^^tsmH ^Mslbr th^ lt<^e^ ills xmm^ 

 enc^aged, lie tdiiawed Ms ol>Iations aitd 

 pqrayeis, believing that a display of omnipotent 

 mercy w^ouhl be the result. A Coljni tie ca- 

 pello, the Naya of the Singalose, {^ColHijcr uaja^ 

 linn.) j^nake pi tM Btidbists^ shortly 



^erwa?d» ^fpttmoh&if m^t hsmtg ax^nded 

 its si)ectacle-raarked hood, raised its head a 

 ^ubit above the ground, and observed the rajali 



« A liherty is licit- taken « itli tla- Iradillon. blue iltld 

 gi't'i'ii being synonyiiroiig in iriingalcsc, (Xil-patiu) 



