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amongst ancient animals appear approach arrival attempt authority become British brought called carried caste caused century Ceylon chiefs close coast coco-nut coffee collected Colombo covered cultivation described direction district Dutch East elephant English established European exhibited fact feet foot force forest frequently Galle Gampola Government Governor ground hand head herd hills houses hundred important India island Jaffna Kandy Kandyan king land latter leaves length less means miles mountain native nature nearly never object observed occasion officers original passed period plants portion Portuguese possession present probably produce Raja remains remarkable rendered river road rock sacred says secured seen sent ships side Singha Singhalese success supply taken tank temple tion tooth trade trees trunk VALENTYN villages visited whilst wild
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Seite 612 - 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 615 - 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.
Seite 469 - It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself ; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume by conduction. The sounds varied considerably at different points, as we moved across the lake, as if the number of the animals from which they proceeded was greatest in particular spots ; and occasionally we rowed out of hearing of them altogether, until...
Seite 359 - In order to secure him to a tree he had to be drawn backwards some twenty or thirty yards, making furious resistance, bellowing in terror, plunging on all sides, and crushing the smaller timber, which bent like reeds beneath his clumsy struggles. Siribeddi drew him steadily after her, and wound the rope round the proper tree, holding it all the time at its full tension, and stepping cautiously across it when, in order to give it a second turn, it was necessary to pass between the tree and the elephant....
Seite 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...
Seite 141 - Around it, to the north and east, the traveller looks down on the zone of lofty hills that encircle the Kandyan kingdom, whilst to the westward the eye is carried far over...
Seite 246 - A few small yellowish maggots are sometimes found with the eggs ; these are the larvae ' of insects, the eggs of which have been deposited in the female while the scale was soft. They escape when mature by cutting a small round hole in the dorsum of the scale. It is not till after this pest has been on an estate for two or three years that it shows itself to an alarming extent. During the first year, a few only of the ripe scales are seen scattered over the bushes, generally on the younger shoots;...
Seite 232 - It is no exaggeration to say, that there is not a single well-established principle which now guides the management of estates, and the conduct of their proprietors, that was not preceded by a directly opposite policy prior to 1845.