. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka. 45d THE NORTHERN FORESTS. [Part IX. more than one or two in l")reacltli. At its southern extremity this narrow inlet penetrates a marshy and ahnost submerged country, covered w^th bukushes and lotus. Here water-fowd are found in astonishing num- bers and of infinite variety, thek haunts being seldom disturbed by a sportsman, and so unfrequented as to be entu'ely out of the ordinary route of travellers. The h
. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka. 45d THE NORTHERN FORESTS. [Part IX. more than one or two in l")reacltli. At its southern extremity this narrow inlet penetrates a marshy and ahnost submerged country, covered w^th bukushes and lotus. Here water-fowd are found in astonishing num- bers and of infinite variety, thek haunts being seldom disturbed by a sportsman, and so unfrequented as to be entu'ely out of the ordinary route of travellers. The httle islet in the lake on which the fort stands is called by the natives Poehantivoe, the " island of tama- rinds ;" and its approach from the land side is ex- tremely picturesque, thick groves of coco-nut pahns forming an impervious shade above the white houses of the town, each of which is surrounded by a garden of fi'iiit trees and flowering shrubs. A few hundi-ed yards beyond the landing place, we emerged from a green lane upon the esplanade, wdth the old Dutch fortress in front, beyond wdiicli we cauglit ghmpses of the Bay of Bengal, through the forest of palms. The fine of coast north and south PM of Batticaloa presents a remarkable ( example of the great sandy forma- tions elsewhere described^, resulting from the conjoint action of the rivers and the ocean cmTcnts. It is nearly thirty miles in lengtli A\dth a breadth of little more than a mile and a half, and separates the sea from the still waters of the lagoon. Tliis natural embankment is covered from one extremity to the other with plantations of coco-nut trees, many of them of veiy ancient growth, the pecuhar adaptation of the soil hav- ing been discovered at an early period by the Moors, whose descendants have settled. â GOBBS â â ON TEE EAST COAST- ' See (lute, Yol. I. Vt i. cb. i. p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for rea
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