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The records of the island show terrible fatality from the visits of smallpox in past years, which might easily have been prevented. Dondra Head. "The City of the Gods." A Vast Temple. A Statue of Solid Gold. A Famous Rock-Temple. Buddhist Monastery. Caltura and its Distilleries. Edible Bird's Nests. Basket-Making. The Kaluganga. Cinnamon Gardens. "The City of Gems." A Magnificent Ruby.
These baskets find many purchasers among those who come to the island, who are glad to carry away a souvenir of their visit. Here the traveler will see that rare and favorite fruit, the mangosteen, flourishing, and, so far as we could learn, it is one of the few districts in Ceylon where it is to be found. On returning from Adam's Peak, visitors often descend the Kaluganga in boats to Caltura.
The more the credulity of the natives is taxed, the better they like the fabrication, and we have no doubt that there are many comparatively intelligent islanders who absolutely believe this story of a conquering army of chimpanzees. The Kaluganga is altogether a beautiful waterway, but little inferior to the Rhine in breadth and volume.
Ratnapura the "City of Gems" is situated about fifty miles southeast of Colombo and twelve or fifteen miles from Adam's Peak, on the banks of the Kaluganga, a hundred and fifty feet above sea level. There is an official residence here, a small Episcopal chapel, a Roman Catholic chapel, a jail, and a hospital.
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