Dominions of Candy. £51 
nous indecorum of placing a subject higher than the prince 
descended of tlie sun. 
At the upper end of this street stands the palace, a poor 
mansion for the abode of a kin". It is surrounded with high 
stone Avails, and consists of two squares, one within the other. 
In the inner of these are the royal apartments, and it is there 
that the court is held and audiences given. The exterior of 
the palace and the rest of the city could be but very partially 
observed by those Avho attended general MacdoAval, OAving to 
the pressure of the crowd, and the dazzling glare of the 
torches. By every account indeed Avhich I liave heard. Candy 
contains nothing Avorthy of notice ; and, from the want of 
either Avealth or industry among the inhabitants, it is not in- 
deed to be expected that any thing could be met with in this 
straggling village to attract the attention of the traveller. 
The next city in point of importance to Candy is Digliggy 
Neur, Avhich lies to the eastAvard of the capital about ten or 
twelve miles, and in the direction of our fort of Eatacolo. 
The district around Digliggy Neur is still more Avild, barren, 
and impenetrable than that which surrounds Candy. It is on 
this A^ery account that it has been chosen at times as a royal 
residence : at one period Avhen the King was driA^en out of 
Candy, and his capital burnt, he found here a retreat to which 
no European army lias ever been able to penetrate. A ferr^ 
villages are scattered among the surrounding hills ; and in those 
places Avhere the woods leave some clear space, the soil, though 
very poor, produces rice. 
About six or seven miles south of Candy lies the toAvn of 
Nilemby Neur, Avhich has also at times afforded a retreat to* 
the King; he has here a palace and store-houses. The remains 
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