Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859 - Natural history |
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Adam's Peak Adigar amongst Anarajapoora ancient animals appear Asiat Badulla Bahu BALDEUS Batticaloa Bo-tree British Buddha Buddhist captivity capture carried century Ceylon chiefs cinnamon coast coco-nut coffee Colombo colony corral Cotta COUTO cultivation dagoba described district Dutch elephant English estates European exhibited export FARIA Y SOUZA feet force forest formed Galle Gampola gardens Government Governor ground herd hills IBN BATUTA India island Jaffna jungle Kandy Kandyan labour land low country Mahawanso Malabar Manaar Matura ment miles mountain native Negombo Neuera-ellia Nieuw Oost-Indien officers Oovah Oud en Nieuw palm palmyra passed plants Portugal Portuguese possession Prakrama present day Raja Singha Rajavali rendered RIBEYRO rice river road rock Rodiyas sacred says side Singhalese Sir Edward Barnes sovereign Tamil tank temple tion tooth trade trees Trincomalie trunk tusks VALENTYN Veddahs Viceroy vicinity villages whilst wild καὶ
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Page 614 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.
Page 253 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Page 283 - He was laboring painfully to carry a heavy beam of timber, which he balanced across his tusks, but the pathway being narrow, he was forced to bend his head to one side to permit it to pass endways ; and the exertion and inconvenience combined led him to utter the dissatisfied sounds which disturbed the composure of my horse.
Page 567 - Ceylon diver devotedly resorts is the mystic ceremony of the shark-charmer, whose power is believed to be hereditary. Nor is it supposed that the value of his incantations is at all dependent upon the religious faith professed by the operator, for the present head of the family happens to be a Roman Catholic. At the time of our visit, this mysterious functionary was ill, and unable to attend ; but he sent an accredited substitute, who assured me that, although he was himself ignorant of the grand...
Page 354 - The interest of this strange scene was not confined to the spectators ; it extended to the tame elephants which were stationed outside. At the first approach of the flying herd, they evinced the utmost interest in the scene. Two in particular which were picketed near the front were intensely excited, and continued tossing their heads, pawing the ground, and starting as the noise drew near. At length, when the grand rush into the corral took place, one of them fairly burst from her fastenings, and...
Page 381 - Moreover, they divided the beasts among the armies, and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads; and.
Page 617 - Soma, in Lombardy, is said to have been a tree in the time of Julius Caesar ; yet the Bo-tree is older than the oldest of these by a century, and would almost seem to verify the prophecy pronounced when it was planted, that it would ' flourish and be green for ever.
Page 358 - The herd again collected in a circle, with their heads towards the centre. The largest male was singled out, and two tame ones pushed boldly in, one on either side of him, till the three stood nearly abreast. He made no resistance, but betrayed his uneasiness by shifting restlessly from foot to foot. Ranghanie...
Page 358 - She was a most accomplished decoy, and showed the utmost relish for the sport. Having entered the corral noiselessly, she moved along with a sly composure and an assumed air of easy indifference, sauntering leisurely in the direction of the captives and halting now and then to pluck a bunch of grass or a few leaves as she passed.
Page 88 - To avoid the disgrace, the wretched woman did lift up the pestle and let it fall. One by one, the heads of all her children were cut off; and one by one, the poor mother - but the circumstance is too dreadful to be dwelt on. One of the children was a girl...