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... Batticaloa . The extent of country drained by these latter streams is little short of thirteen thousand square miles . Very few of the rivers of Ceylon are navigable , and these only by canoes and flat - bottomed paddy boats , which ...
... Batticaloa . The extent of country drained by these latter streams is little short of thirteen thousand square miles . Very few of the rivers of Ceylon are navigable , and these only by canoes and flat - bottomed paddy boats , which ...
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... BATTICALOA At the mouths of the rivers the bars thus created generally follow the direction of the current , and the material deposited being dried and partially consolidated in the intervals between the tides , long embankments are ...
... BATTICALOA At the mouths of the rivers the bars thus created generally follow the direction of the current , and the material deposited being dried and partially consolidated in the intervals between the tides , long embankments are ...
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... Batticaloa , and a number of other places north and south of Trincomalie . MANA OYA NEGOMBO RECOMBO LAKE MAHARAGA WELLA CANAL MUTWALL On the west coast embankments of this kind , although frequent are less conspicuous than on the east ...
... Batticaloa , and a number of other places north and south of Trincomalie . MANA OYA NEGOMBO RECOMBO LAKE MAHARAGA WELLA CANAL MUTWALL On the west coast embankments of this kind , although frequent are less conspicuous than on the east ...
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... Batticaloa and Calpentyn . To the present day these latter gulfs are navigable for small craft . On the eastern side of the island one of them forms the harbour of Bat- ticaloa , and on the western those of Chilaw and Negombo are bays ...
... Batticaloa and Calpentyn . To the present day these latter gulfs are navigable for small craft . On the eastern side of the island one of them forms the harbour of Bat- ticaloa , and on the western those of Chilaw and Negombo are bays ...
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... Batticaloa . At Calpentyn , on the western coast , a like formation has been taken advantage of for the same purpose . At Jaffna somewhat similar pecu- liarities of soil and locality have been seized on for this promising cultivation ...
... Batticaloa . At Calpentyn , on the western coast , a like formation has been taken advantage of for the same purpose . At Jaffna somewhat similar pecu- liarities of soil and locality have been seized on for this promising cultivation ...
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abundance Adam's Peak amongst Anarajapoora ancient Anim appear Asiat Báhu Batticaloa birds Blyth Boisd Brahmans Brug Buddha Buddhist century Ceylon Chemn coast cobra coco-nut Colombo colour Conch Cram cultivation dagoba described ditto Dohrn Dutugaimunu early eastern European exhibit Fabr feet fish flowers forests frequent gneiss Gray Guén Hagen Helic hills Hist Horsf Hübn Icon inches India inhabitants insects island Jaffna jungle Kandy Kandyan Kelaart king labour land larvæ Latr Layard Leach Linn Maha Mahawanso Malabar Méth Monog monsoon mountains natives Neuera-ellia Niet Pali Pasc peculiar period Pfeiff plants portion present priests Proc rain Raja Rajaratnacari Rajavali Reeve reign resembling rivers rocks Rohuna sacred shells Singhalese species Steph Syst tanks Taprobane temples tion Tissa trees Trincomalie TURNOUR'S Epitome vegetation Vert wanderoo Westw whilst wiharas Wijayo wind wood Zool
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