The
Bungalow and the Tent or A Visit to Ceylon/Edward Sullivan. New Delhi, AES,
1999, xi, 311 p., $22. ISBN 81-206-1368-6.
The
Bungalow and the Tent or A Visit to Ceylon/Edward Sullivan. New Delhi, AES,
1999, xi, 311 p., $22. ISBN 81-206-1368-6.
Contents: 1. Overland route--Point de galle--Early navigators--Cingalese costume--"Tertium quids"--Jewels. 2. Method of driving--Galle to Colombo--Cocoa-nut groves--Cassia and Cinnamon--Colombo--Climate. 3. "Dobies"--Cholera--Malabar servant--Moormen--"Tattoos"--Punchy. 4. Stage to Kandy--Railroads--Roads in Ceylon--Kandy--Monsoons. 5. Tamul princes--insurrection of 1848--Lord Torrington's policy--Buddhist priest. 6. Kandy--Idol in the grove--Metempsychosis--Peculiarity of Buddhist priesthood. 7. Buddhist sects--Missionary labour--Feast of the Pirahara--Music--The Kandian ladies--Their predilection for chewing--Polygamy--Infanticide. 8. Snakes--Music--Ceylon rifles--Running a muck--Costume. 9. Cingalese commerce--Rajah Willah--Crops and cultivation--Elephants--Cingalese hospitality--Food in the jungle. 10. Offer plantations--Railroads--The Tamuls--Their dislike of the Cingalese. 11. "Punchy"--Start for Newera Elia--Leeches--Stopped at a river--Scenery--Arrive at Newera Elia. 12. Newera Elia--Climate--Monsoon--Farm stock--Badula. 13. Badula--Coolies--Giant of the woods--Monkeys--Vegetation. 14. Ruins--Ants--Jack-fruit--Ticks--Park of Ceylon--Elephant Shooting--Encampment. 15. Burning park--Veddahs--Condavettam--Elephants. 16. Mosquitos--Devil-bird--Our first elephant--First sensations on encountering an elephant--A jungle cuisine--More elephants--Questionable bedfellow. 17. Ruined tanks--Thoughts on civilization--Remarkable ruins--Pea-fowl--Apoo--Red kite. 18. Elephant shooting. 19. Malientee--Peacocks--Insect life--Unlucky shot--Nights in Ceylon--Monotony of seasons. 20. Alligators--Tank-water--Cocoa-nut-trees--The sea. 21. Picturesque camp--Coolie--Death in the east--Killing boars--Tenacity of life--Bears. 22. Headman--Summary measures--Picturesque group--Evils of travel--Insectivora--Ebony--Jungle fever--Adjutant bird--Lotus--Betel leaf. 23. The headman--Delicate attentions--The tank--Elephants--Interruption to our morning meal. 24. Tamarind-trees--Punchy--Female elephants--Thunderstorm--Major Rogers--Heathen temple--Newera Elia--Departure.