CHAPTER II.

KANDY AND PEASANT LIFE.

Primitive habits of the Cinghalese--“Ajax” arrives from England--A peasant-cabin near Kandy--Marriage-customs-- Devil-dancing--Kalua and Kirrah--Their rice-fields and mode of life--The great Buddhist temple at Kandy--The tooth-relic--Ancient MSS.--A Librarian-priest--The talipot palm--The British and the natives--The “oyster”-- Nuwara Ellia 26–39