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down upon liini the auger of the " AU-seeiiig,"* 

 he forgiren. 

 Having omm^ced, tite taj&li Ms 



followers continued to live on tlic prescribed diet. 

 T]\i' Inniicr. in ohcdii'iR't^ to the eoinmaitds of 

 Uudhoo, by the j\.lalui Sudoua ; and the hitter, 

 front necessity, there being none of tlieir ltc©ua- 

 tomed fmts, or Wis to be ift^i wijl^ m n^r 

 tli6 odi^. They fouBd tlie WfrtfiP^t witliin the 

 nnt5 sweet and didicion?, and pnre as crystal it- 

 self, (of which mineral their coiuitrv |n'odnced 

 abundant varieties,) whilst the Heshy part of it 

 was a cooling and satisfying fbod* 



The prescri bed time rolled on ; and day after 

 day cniivinced the delighted foUowers of their 

 siiiferiiig prince, that truth came from al)Ove. 

 The rajah gradually lost tlic m hite and scaly 



Ahsi, had mnUi^ 1mm Ife tte ajim^w 

 of tiie gmt 4iiii;*eater of tlte intericHr ;^ whilst 

 tlie glow of Iieat which pervaded his extremities, 

 convinced him of tlie near ap|n'oach of his pro- 

 mised recovery, lliankful to his ^Teat preserver, 

 omitted eoI pmSm^ ^ du^es yr)^i^ in 

 his tisicms had heen dictaM t€> Mm i md m 

 the first stonej which zf^t^ dniabk and ba- 



* •* Sanianta-chacksa,*' covered with oyes, 

 f Tlic green cocoa-nut, calletl in yingalesc, Koroomba* 

 I Probably the ManiS} commoaly called Negombo Devil 



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