Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon

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