FAILURE OF THE NUWARA BLIYA BREWING. 
had the bad taste to prefer the tmte of Bass and Al- 
sopp, although it was more than double the price. It 
was even hinted that the gentlemen did not drink their 
own beer, as sundry casks of “Bass” were seen 
peeping out of the casks as the carts were ascending 
the Pass ! Their men-servants began to open their eyes, 
and soon saw theirs was no fit position for them in a 
Colony like this, and so they wisely got out of the 
position as soon as they could, and started for tliemselves 
in a more humble way. llie women also found the 
same objections t® the position, and as opportunities 
were numerous they caught bold of what seemed to 
their idea the most suitable, nnd changed their position. 
The English carriage and horses tumbled over a pre- 
cipice on the Bamboda Pass, the former being smashed 
to pieces, and the latter killed. (Mr . Editor, do you 
recollect what became of the groom or driver? 1 don’t 
think any human lives were lost.’^) Never did any 
undertaking result in such utter shipwre(.‘k : not one 
fortunate or redeeming point, and the amount of money 
lost by its originators, utterly, hopelessly lost, could 
not have been less than £25,000, at least so it was said. 
They disappeared from the scene, and were no more 
heard of. Yes, one has been heard of, not very long 
ago. All this hard cash sunk in the mud of the 
pool, beyond recovery. For the curious peculiarity of 
the mud was that money sunk in it not only could 
never be recovered, but was converted into mud, 
which only increased its muddiness and tenclenc}^ to 
absorb more, until at last the pool showed some very 
alarming signs that it would become quite choked up 
with mud, and nothing else. 
The failure of the undertaking above recorded by 
no means implies that a similar one, conducted on a 
more rational and reasonable system hy 'practical men, 
would m't meet with some degree of success. Not in 
Nuwara Eiiya, for the climate there is too wet, and 
the natural grasses too poor ; but further down the 
Pass tow'ards AYilson’s Bungalow, or even in the plains 
where the soil is first-rate, and the climate dry and 
pleasant. Just observe the sleek fat appearance of 
the native cattle pasturing in these plains, and ob- 
serve the plentiful crops of vegetable^ they easily 
raise in their small gardens. The great drawback 
how'ever is the wind, which certainly does blow, as it 
blows nowhere else. When superin trdent of Wedde- 
inulle, I myself had an idea of entering into some- 
thing of this sort, and even w'ent so far as to apply for a 
piece of land, but circumstances occurred w hich necessi- 
tated my removal to another district, ai d the idea 
was given up. It was to start a stock buy 
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