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THE ISLAND OF CEYLON. 
distinct races which seem to have no original connexion 
with each other. In these parts which I have already de- 
scribed, the whole tone of manners is European ; and even 
the Cinglese who inhabit there seem to have lost their most 
prominent native characteristics. The state of agriculture, of 
architecture and manufactures along the coasts is so much 
derived from Europeans, that little of it can be attributed 
to the native cultivation of Ceylon. In the king of Candy’s 
dominions, which occupy the greater part of the interior, 
the invasion of Europeans has, on the contrary, rather re- 
tarded than changed the progressive state of civilization and 
the arts. Several features of the native character have 
indeed undergone some alteration from this cause; and both 
from opposition and intercourse, the European manners, 
modes of warfare, and arts, have in some degree become 
known to the Candians. 
Another part of the interior however is possessed by a 
race, who seem to have scarcely any thing in common 
either with the Candians or Europeans. The Bedalis in 
their woods and mountains still retain their primitive state 
of society, very little improved by intercourse with their 
neighbours which they anxiously avoid. 
The possession and manners of these two races, the Can- 
dians and Bedahs, come now to be considered. If the 
information which we have been able to obtain hitherto on 
those subjects be still limited and insufficient to satisfy 
curiosity, it is however so far extended, as to enable us to 
