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... Mountain System Remarkable hills , Mihintala and Gold , nickel , cobalt Quicksilver Iron V. Minerals . — Anthracite , · • Page 29 29 30 ( note ) 29 plumbago , 31 . ( note ) 32 32 . ( note ) 33 34 35 kaolin , nitre caves List of Ceylon ...
... Mountain System Remarkable hills , Mihintala and Gold , nickel , cobalt Quicksilver Iron V. Minerals . — Anthracite , · • Page 29 29 30 ( note ) 29 plumbago , 31 . ( note ) 32 32 . ( note ) 33 34 35 kaolin , nitre caves List of Ceylon ...
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... Mountains . - Iron - wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead trees in the forests 91 Trees with natural buttresses 91 Cadooberia Calamander , its ...
... Mountains . - Iron - wood , Bamboo , European fruit - trees . 90 Fruit - trees Tea - plant - Rhododendron - Miche lia 90 Rapid disappearance of dead trees in the forests 91 Trees with natural buttresses 91 Cadooberia Calamander , its ...
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... mountains and forests The ancient Indian kingdom of Pan- 372 dya 395 Their singular habits of seclusion Traces of their customs at the present day 372 • Malabar mercenaries enlisted in Cey- lon . 395 • 373 CHAP . VIII . EXTINCTION OF ...
... mountains and forests The ancient Indian kingdom of Pan- 372 dya 395 Their singular habits of seclusion Traces of their customs at the present day 372 • Malabar mercenaries enlisted in Cey- lon . 395 • 373 CHAP . VIII . EXTINCTION OF ...
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... mountains 434 . 423 Temple villages and their tenure Farm - stock buffaloes and cows . 434 435 A Singhalese garden described 435 424 . Coco - nut palm rarely mentioned in early writings 436 425 • Doubt whether it be indigenous to 425 ...
... mountains 434 . 423 Temple villages and their tenure Farm - stock buffaloes and cows . 434 435 A Singhalese garden described 435 424 . Coco - nut palm rarely mentioned in early writings 436 425 • Doubt whether it be indigenous to 425 ...
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... mountain road in India ; and in the north of the island , the ruins of ancient cities , and the stupendous monuments of an early civi- lisation , were discovered in the solitudes of the great central forests . English merchants embarked ...
... mountain road in India ; and in the north of the island , the ruins of ancient cities , and the stupendous monuments of an early civi- lisation , were discovered in the solitudes of the great central forests . English merchants embarked ...
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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.