An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . Tooth of Buddha at Kandy, On the Way to Kandy, Ceylon. 148 Ceylon— Where Every Prospect Pleases 149 and women on whom Ceylons spicy breezes blow, isthe very opposite of the bishops. But, of course, ithas to be kept in mind that these contacts were mainlywith the congregations of the Scots kirks in Kandy andColombo ! Of onr nine days in that tropical paradise four werespent in Kandy and five in Colombo. These are thetwo chief centres of British life in the island, very differentfrom each othe
An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . Tooth of Buddha at Kandy, On the Way to Kandy, Ceylon. 148 Ceylon— Where Every Prospect Pleases 149 and women on whom Ceylons spicy breezes blow, isthe very opposite of the bishops. But, of course, ithas to be kept in mind that these contacts were mainlywith the congregations of the Scots kirks in Kandy andColombo ! Of onr nine days in that tropical paradise four werespent in Kandy and five in Colombo. These are thetwo chief centres of British life in the island, very differentfrom each other, but both uncommonly attractive, andas spheres for the Churchs work unusually interesting. The train journey from Colombo to ELiNDY, which wemade on the afternoon of the Saturday of our arrival,takes about four hours, and carries one through some ofthe loveliest scenery imaginable. It does not indeedcompare in grandeur or variety with the journey toDarjeeUng; for while Darjeeling is 7000 feet in height,Kandy is but 1600 feet. But for rich tropical vegetation,for softer mountain scenery, for thrills experienced atmany a
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