ADAM’S PEAK—KUWARA ELIYA 
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temper. So steep is it that the descent took nearly as long as the 
ascent. There is another way up, on the other side, where it is said 
the pilgrims help themselves up the worst parts by very ancient 
chains. On the summit, 7252 ft., live the priests who show pilgrims 
the Footmark, said by the Buddhists to be that of Buddha, by the 
Hindus that of Yishnu, by the Mohammedans that of Adam, and by 
the native Christians that of St. Thomas. Under all the circumstances 
it is scarcely surprising that the footmark is nearly six feet long! 
Having visited Gaya where Gautama meditated under the Bo-tree, 
Sarnath where he first taught, the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy, 
and finally having made the great pilgrimage to the top of the Peak, 
we all felt that we had “ acquired much merit.” 
When coming down from Adam’s Peak on March 18th, at the 
height of about 6000 ft., I saw several of the Lithosiid, Asura uni- 
for mis, Hmpsn., but in the rough scramble of the descent could only 
secure one; at about 4800 ft. were several Talicada nyseus, and a 
few hundred feet lower down I bottled two green beetles, Coryphocera 
elegans, Fabr., somewhat resembling our Rose-beetles, but much 
more shiny. 
Uuwara Eliya, alt. 6200 ft. 
March 18th—21st, 1904. 
This Sanatarium is like Utakamund in that it is situated on a 
grassy plateau forming a basin among mountains. The tf patnas,” or 
grassy areas, are bounded by woods, which in their turn are fringed 
by somewhat stunted scarlet Rhododendrons. At the best season it 
doubtless affords excellent collecting, but I found Mr. Green’s 
statement, that I should be unlikely to light upon the good localities, 
amply confirmed. 
I saw several Papilio teredon flying about, and secured two that 
were drinking at wet mud. A female Terms hecabe proved to be of 
the wet-season form. Of Neptis eurynome I took two. In a sedgy 
place I took the Skipper Baracus mttatus , Eeld., curiously enough 
the only butterfly that I had taken in a swamp up to that date. The 
streaky markings of the under-side, following the veins, appeared 
when the insect was settled on sedge to be strongly protective. Of 
Talicada nyseus I saw several; the only other Blue seen was the 
argiolus-\Pk.Q Cyaniris lanka , Moore, much battered. 
Among moths I found one of the yellow Geometer Corymica 
specularia, Moore, at rest on a tree-trunk, and an Acidaliid, Idaea 
costata, Moore. Also on Mt. Pederutalagalla, at about 8000 ft., the 
