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... Neuera - ellia 74 garding • ( note ) 101 Health 75 Malaria 75 Climbing plants , Epiphytes , and flow- ering creepers 102 · Food and wine 76 , 77 Effects of the climate of Ceylon on disease Precautions for health . 888 79 80 - Orchids ...
... Neuera - ellia 74 garding • ( note ) 101 Health 75 Malaria 75 Climbing plants , Epiphytes , and flow- ering creepers 102 · Food and wine 76 , 77 Effects of the climate of Ceylon on disease Precautions for health . 888 79 80 - Orchids ...
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... Neuera - ellia . 7810 99 . 7720 . 7420 99 6740 " " € 6210 " " of Pettigalle - Kanda , the rocks have been broken CHAP . I. ] 15 GEOLOGY . The Mountain System.
... Neuera - ellia . 7810 99 . 7720 . 7420 99 6740 " " € 6210 " " of Pettigalle - Kanda , the rocks have been broken CHAP . I. ] 15 GEOLOGY . The Mountain System.
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... Neuera - ellia . Abundant . Ditto . Galle Back . Ditto . Mount Lavinia . Peradenia . Ditto , Rajawelle . Abundant . Galle Back . Saffragam . Abundant . Saffragam . Ditto . Morowa Corle . St.Lucia . the king of the island , " a span in ...
... Neuera - ellia . Abundant . Ditto . Galle Back . Ditto . Mount Lavinia . Peradenia . Ditto , Rajawelle . Abundant . Galle Back . Saffragam . Abundant . Saffragam . Ditto . Morowa Corle . St.Lucia . the king of the island , " a span in ...
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... Neuera - ellia , in Oovah , at Kandy , at Mattelle in the central province , and at Ruanwelli near Colombo , at Matura , and in the beds of the rivers eastwards towards the ancient Mahagam . But the localities which chiefly supply the ...
... Neuera - ellia , in Oovah , at Kandy , at Mattelle in the central province , and at Ruanwelli near Colombo , at Matura , and in the beds of the rivers eastwards towards the ancient Mahagam . But the localities which chiefly supply the ...
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... Neuera - ellia , nearly the loftiest plateau in the mountains of the Kandyan range . The winds , when any are perceptible , are faint and unsteady with a still increasing westerly tendency , partial showers sometimes fall , and thunder ...
... Neuera - ellia , nearly the loftiest plateau in the mountains of the Kandyan range . The winds , when any are perceptible , are faint and unsteady with a still increasing westerly tendency , partial showers sometimes fall , and thunder ...
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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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Page 519 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.