415 
in Ceylon. 
From where to where. 
'Country 
Leagues 
Hoursfor 
theTapal 
From Columbo to Barba- i 
reen brought over .... 5 
Barbareen to Bentot. 
Bentot to Gossgodcle. . . 
Gossgodde to Amblam 
godde 
Amblamgodde to Ecotte 
Ecotte to Gendura. . . . 
Gendura to Ponte Galle. 
Galle to Wakgalmodere 
To Cattecoeroende 
To Gay a Pane 
Gay a Pane to Beligamme 
To Gravette 
Gravette to Matura .... 
Matura to Tangalee 
Rainneg and Tallavillie. . . . 
Ambentotte and Boundelli 
Patetoupanie and Tate Ri. . 
Patetoupanie and Koumane 
Mattiagamgattoa to Ba- ) 
tacolo 5 
About English miles* 
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2 
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1 
1 
20i 
1 
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n 
24 - 
19 
29^ 
English 
miles 
12 
20 
24 
25 
18 
24 
0 
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0 
123 
No 
Tapal 
Remarks on the Roads. 
rWater to cross ; good road, rather 
I hilly; cocoa trees; oysters sold here; 
*< ships often anchor off Barbareen 
{ which has a river running into the 
L sea. The coast is rocky and shoally 
Good road ; hilly ; cocoa-nut trees 
Ditto, ditto, ditto, water to cross 
Ditto, ditto, ditto, rather sandy, ditto 
Ditto, ditto, ditto 
Good but rather sandy; water to cross 
’This road shady here and there, 
with sandy tracts, and a little cin- 
1 namon growing near the coast; two 
broad rivers to cross; game and 
. wild animals numerous' 
'The road from Matura to Bata- 
colo lies through a very wild part 
of the country, difficult to travel 
on account of the wild beasts, 
and dangerous from the natives of 
the island, called Vaddahs, who 
live in the woods about this east 
part of Ceylon, which renders it 
necessary to have military escorts. 
The road is equally dangerous, and 
unfrequented by Europeans, from 
L Batacolo to Trincomalee 
This track round the island may ascertain its circumference with con- 
siderable accuracy ; and nearly corresponds with what Ceylon is usually 
supposed to be, which is about nine hundred miles, allowing for the 
greater extent nearer the sea, which takes in bays and projections of land 
along the coast. o 
