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QUEEN'S HOTEL, KANDY. 1,700 pieds
d' altitude
est
mieux
le
situe
beau Lac, 3 minutes de la Gare de THotel
C'EST
d,
a Kmidy, cm hord
Voitures et
:
dii
Portiers
Varrivee des Trains,
un h6tel de premier rang reconstruit derniteement avec
tout le comfort moderne, et agrandi avec des appartments
magnifiques aerees.
;
les
chambres k ooucher sont grandes, hautes,
Bains a tous
La temperature
et bieu
les etages.
Kandy pendant
le nuit de 15 degr^s plus pur et f rais des montagnes environnantes fait le del ce de l;ous les voyageurs, mime de ceux qui n'y ° passent qu'une nuit.
basse qu'a
Les
est k
Colombo
salles
I'air
;
k manger, les salons de lecture, de musique,
les
fumoir sont situes au rez de chaussee donnant sur une large verandS d'une longueur de 140 metres avec vue" sur le beau lac et les montagnes. billiards, et le
La grande Pagode de Buddha, la
oil
on conserve
dent de Buddha, se trouve en face de I'h&tel
;
comme
elle
relique
vaut la peine ^
d'etre visitee.
renommee
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STREET,
KANDY.
1
IN KANDT.
19
The picturesque
wall along it, which was either built or restored William Gregory, a great lover of the beautiful, who did much for the embellishment of Kandy, is copied from that surrounding the Temple of Buddha's Tooth.
by Governor
Sir
The Library is
contains over 7,000 volumes. Rs. 2-50 a month, the entrance fee Rs. 10. On the left is the Victoria lisitlanacle.
left is
BrockUam House,
The
subscription
Across it on the the only private boarding house
in Kandy visitors making any stay in Kandy will find comfortable quarters at moderate rates here available. Farther ahead, facing Pavilion street, is Tlie Prince of irales fountain, ;
erected by the Planters of Ceylon to
commemorate the
visit of
His Majesty King Edward Vll. to Kandy in 1875. Down the street, on the left, is the Central Vown Iiibrary. Facing the centre of the bund stands Sir Bienry ivard's Statue, commemorating a very able Governor of the Colony during whose administration from 1855 to 1860 steps were first taken for the construction of the Railway to Kandy, which was opened in 1867. The following extracts from his speeches are recorded on the back of the pedestal :
"
In
all civilized countries it is
with material improvements that
all other improvement begins." •'My. conscience tells me that to the best of
my judgment and have tried to do my duty by you, and it is my hope that you will think of me hereafter as a man whose whole heart was in his work." abilities I
He left Ceylon to take up the Governorship, of Madras, but was soon struck down by and succumbed to cholera. The esplanade
is
occasionally
used
for
Agricultural
or
Horse and Dog Shows, Croquet Tournaments, &c. At its farther end is the Bandstana in which the Kandy Volunteer and Public Band, supported largely by public subscriptions, plays on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. The corner building, near the fountain, is the Police Court.
The Temple
of the Tooth.
Looking across the esplanade, the eye alights on the Vemple / of the Kootli, or (as it is called by the Sinhalese) the Dala is
The number of inmates,
which varies, averages about 15, and they are employed in lacemaking, the lace being made from imported linen thread. A good many orders are executed for friends in England, and local orders will be received at the Home. Miss Denyer is the Lady Superintendent.
The Salvation Army has
its
parallel
head quarters in Colombo and next to Ward street.
district
street,
which runs
STROLLS ABOUT KANDY. Kandy naturally abounds in delightful walks and drives. have already mentioned that known as I^aAy HortonV ; following are a few of the other most noted
Victoria Drive
We the
:
and Gregory Road.
A walk round the lake, the road
bordering which is known as the Victoria Drive, in the cool fresh mountain au' of the early
'Ssr''^,'
The Lewella Ferry.
Interior of T/iolographed
Rock Temple and engraved
ip Sieen
fP. 36.;
at Dambulla.