. The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures. CEYLON 65 natives, men, women and children, are picking theleaves. We are entering the tea-planting district. In 24the distance is the planters house and near it the shedswhere the leaf is dried and packed for the market. 25 Here and there, in this part of our journey, we maynotice stretches of desolate scrub breaking up the forestarea. A century ago there was a continuous belt offorest between Kandy and the lowlands, jealously pre-served by the native kings as a barrier against the in-vader ; now only patches of this remain.
. The sea road to the East, Gibraltar to Wei-hai-wei; six lectures. CEYLON 65 natives, men, women and children, are picking theleaves. We are entering the tea-planting district. In 24the distance is the planters house and near it the shedswhere the leaf is dried and packed for the market. 25 Here and there, in this part of our journey, we maynotice stretches of desolate scrub breaking up the forestarea. A century ago there was a continuous belt offorest between Kandy and the lowlands, jealously pre-served by the native kings as a barrier against the in-vader ; now only patches of this remain. The nativehas a method of cultivation styled chena : this consistsin burning a piece of the forest, cultivating it for a yearor two and then moving on to a new patch. The treesdo not grow again, but a low scrub springs up, uselessfor any purpose. When the Government interferedwith this wasteful practice the damage was past now reach Kandy, a beautiful old-world town, setin the forest high up among the hills, and full of relicsof past history. Here we se
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