...form one of the wonders of the island. Many of the tanks, though partially in ruins, cover an area from ten to fifteen miles in circumference. They are...inhabitants of Ceylon are abandoned to solitude and malaria, wliilst rice for the support of the non-agricultural population is annually imported from the opposite...

...light and sandy, but in the great centr*hl districts of Neuera-kalawa and the Wanny, there is found in the midst of the forests a dark vegetable mould,...annually imported from the opposite coast of India. Talawas. — In these districts of the lowlands, especially on the eastern coast of the island, and...

...mountains have attained a great renown. Many of the tanks, though partially in ruins, cover an area from ten to fifteen miles in circumference. They are...generally broken and decayed ; the waters, which would fertilize a province, are allowed to waste themselves in the sands ; and hundreds of square miles,...