. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 430. CRAFTSMEN OF THE KANDYAN ART 4;;i KANDYAN SILVERSMITHS THK HOOK Ol Cl•:^LO.\ ;l that ma\ be nut with, uhttlKi in architii tui-f, |)ainiini;,textile work, implements ol ordinary use, or articles ot per-sonal adornment. Skill developed among^ social conditions ofservice tenure. Ilider this tenure the craftsman held landsthat suOiced to proxide him with food, and prosecuted hisart accorclini^ to the laws ol his caste, for its own sake andnot for money.
. The book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the vistor and tourist . 430. CRAFTSMEN OF THE KANDYAN ART 4;;i KANDYAN SILVERSMITHS THK HOOK Ol Cl•:^LO.\ ;l that ma\ be nut with, uhttlKi in architii tui-f, |)ainiini;,textile work, implements ol ordinary use, or articles ot per-sonal adornment. Skill developed among^ social conditions ofservice tenure. Ilider this tenure the craftsman held landsthat suOiced to proxide him with food, and prosecuted hisart accorclini^ to the laws ol his caste, for its own sake andnot for money. His personal needs were so modest and fewthat his ihoui^hts and his attention were nexer distracted b\an\iet\ for the morrow. Tlu- main j)rinciples of his art camedown as the les^acx of a lon^^ line of ancestors who had beenenj^^ai^ed in its mysteries, and he apjDlied his skill bothhereditar\ and ap])lie(l to the needs and the fancies of hispatrons, and, like the masters of the middle atjes, found ine\crx detail of his work suih pleasure and delii^ht that eventhe meanest objects were transiitjured into thiny^s of traveller may sec the truth of this in eve
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