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Common terms and phrases
Adam's Peak Adigar amongst Anarajapoora ancient animals appear Asiat Badulla Bahu BALDEUS Batticaloa Bo-tree British Buddha Buddhist 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 FARIA Y SOUZA feet forest Galle Gampola gardens Government Governor ground herd hills IBN BATUTA India island Jaffna jungle Kandy Kandyan king of Kandy 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 Tamils tank temple tion tooth trade trees Trincomalie trunk tusks VALENTYN Veddahs Viceroy vicinity villages whilst wild καὶ
Popular passages
Page 608 - 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 251 - 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 354 - Siribeddi's collar), and watching the instant when the wild elephant lifted its hind foot, succeeded in passing the noose over its leg, drew it close, and fled to the rear. The two tame elephants instantly fell back, Siribeddi stretched the rope to its full length, and whilst she dragged out the captive, her companion placed himself between her and the herd to prevent any interference.
Page 377 - 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 354 - 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 362 - So far from this, they saw intuitively a difficulty or a danger, and addressed themselves unbidden to remove it. In tying up one of the larger elephants, he contrived before he could be hauled close up to the tree, to walk once or twice round it, carrying the rope with him ; the decoy, perceiving the advantage he had thus gained over the nooser, walked up of her own accord, and pushed him backwards with her head, till she made him unwind himself again ; upon which the rope was hauled tight and made...
Page 362 - ... about it in a way that showed a thorough relish for it, as an agreeable pastime. Their caution was as remarkable as their sagacity; there was no hurrying, no confusion, they never ran foul of the ropes, were never in the way of...
Page 253 - But as the sun ascends to the meridian, the scene is singularly changed, and nothing is more striking than the almost painful stillness that succeeds the vivacity of the early morning. Every animal disappears, escaping under the thick cover of the woods ; the birds retire into the shade ; the butterflies, if they flutter for a moment in the blazing sun, hurry back into the damp shelter of the trees as though their filmy bodies had been parched by the brief exposure ; and at last silence reigns so...
Page 322 - I began to think that he was proof against my weapons. Having fired thirty-five rounds with my two-grooved rifle, I opened fire upon him with the Dutch six-pounder; and when forty bullets had perforated his hide, he began for the first time to evince signs of a dilapidated constitution.
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...