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(5) 109. [[preprinted]] The Grand Oriental Hotel. Colombo, Ceylon. [[/preprinted]] at Sigiri and Pollonaruwa to accompany me - at the latter place even the District physician went over the whole place with me. The excitement and interest of the journey is too great for a letter but some quiet hour when we are together I will tell you all about it and the impressions it gave to my future and past collecting. Ceylon has changed tremendously since my first visit - the forests are rapidly disappearing and plantations taking their place. Colombo has more than trebled and everything, as in Cairo, is booming. Hotels jammed full,
Transcription Notes:
"Pollonaruwa" = Polonnaruwa
"Sigiri" = Sigiriya