Chapter 12

Historical Kandy.--Importance of Good Roads.--Native Population.--Temple of Buddha's Tooth.--The Old Palace.--Governor's House.--Great Resort of Pilgrims.--Interior of the Temple.--The Humbug of Relics.--Priests of the Yellow Robe.--A Sacred Bo-Tree.--Diabolical Services in the Ancient Temple.--Regular Heathen Powwow.--Singhalese Music.--Emulating Midnight Tomcats.--Chronic Beggary.--The Old Parisian Woman with Wooden Legs.--A Buddhist Rock-Temple 225