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1830 Aug
Davy's Ceylon – Notes to
1. p.344.
Rhododendron arboreum
on the summit of Adam's
Peak.
2. p.352
Cane 300 yards long 1/2 inch
thick – used as rope.
At Columbo burial
ground under the great
Hall.
3. p.355.
Cocoa nuts - aptest –
Soil near the sea –
ashes yield much alkali
– thrive where soil
much trampled on.
4. p.366.
In Ceylon, per Reverend author,
alliance between
Church & State close:
temples necessary appendages
to palaces. Temples
have survived palaces.
5 – 371
In endeavoring to improve,
the English have much
deteriorated the town
and thinned the population.
6. p.375
Sweet-smelling lemon-grass.
7 – p376
In gratitude for favorable
crops rice given
by rich to poor.
Duch freemasons
lodge erected.
Native Orphant bread
up taught english as native
clerks.
Floors all over india
plastered with cow dung, its uses.
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Women dust plaster
Neck face and arms.
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