Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon: With Illus |
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accordingly acre animal animalcules appearance arrival Badulla ball bank beautiful beneath bird Bluebeard buck buffaloes cassia fistula Ceylon Cingalese cinnamon cocoa-nut coffee Colombo colony commenced course crop cultivation Dagoba deep deer Dimboola distance district elephants feet flavor forest formed fruit gold governor grass ground head heavy herd hills Hog's Back hounds hundred hundredweight hunting immense inches insect instinct Kandy killed lake land latter length leopard low country manure miles mountains natives natural nest never nevertheless Newera Ellia Ouva pack Palliser palm passed patina perfect phants plain population pounds precipice produce ravines reason red deer rifle river road rock salt scent seen shooting shot side soil SOUPE MAIGRE species sport spot surface talipot palm tank thick thorny jungle thousand tion tree Trincomalee variety village weight whole wild wind wonderful yards