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friendly, and have scarcely any of the false, treacherous, and de- 
signing arts which are often found among the Candians. With 
much less smoothness and courteousness of face and manner 
than the latter, they have much sincerer hearts. On ex- 
amining the countenances and carriage of these two classes of 
Ceylonese, it is easy to perceive the difference arising from 
the respective circumstances in which they are placed. The 
countenance of the Candian is erect, his look haughty, his 
mien lofty, and his whole carriage marked by the pride of 
independence. The humble yielding deportment of the Cin- 
glese, on the other hand, with the patient or rather abject 
endurance which is painted in their faces, plainly denotes the 
dependent and helpless state to which they are reduced. 
The looks of the Cinglese even denote a degree of effemi- 
nacy and cowardice, which excites the contempt of the Can- 
dians ; although the latter, with all their boasted spirit, can 
never venture to attack an European but by the same 
method as the Cinglese, and are equally cautious in waiting 
the convenient moment of assaulting him from the bushes, 
or jungle, in which they have concealed themselves. 
I have already mentioned some efforts which the Cinglese 
made to resist the orders of our government; but the vio*o- 
rous measures instantly taken on the occasion, soon convinced 
them tliat the power of the English w^as still more irresist- 
ible than that of their former masters. The cause of their 
rebellion was the imposition of certain taxes by Mr. Andrews, 
the head servant of the Company, and the Collector of the 
