Travels on Foot Through the Island of Ceylon

afraid ambelam animals animals crossing appeared approach arrack arrived attacked awoke baggage baker banks began birds Bocaul Brahmin brambles branches buffaloes bushes calabashes called canal Ceylon Chilaw chivias Cingalese cocoa-trees Colombo companion cooper covered crocodiles cymbals D'Allemand danger dark difficulty distance dry wood Dutch elephants endeavoured exposed extremely fatigue feet fellow traveller fire foot forest fortunate gave ground hand head heard inhabitants instantly island Jaffna Jaffnapatnam journey koolies leave Malabar manner Mestese mountains Negombo nine o'clock noise o'clock obliged observed oppa ourselves paces Panorin pass the night path pistols plain Poetlan Portuguese proceeded quarters rain reach remained resolved rest rice river roar rocks sand scarcely seemed serpent side situated sleep solitary rocks soon sort stood supper Templin terror thick thickets thorns tiger took Tranquebar tree undertaking village wild beasts wild buffaloes