idian worship, one
hundred miles farther south 121

Temple built about two great shrines for the god
Siva and his wife Minakshi 121

Five great pyramidal towers and a court eight
hundred and thirty by seven hundred and thirty feet 121

The "Golden Lily Tank," and "The Hall of a
Thousand Pillars" 122

Dark alcoves and a festival night, the acme of
Hindu religion 122

The palace of Tirumala and his Teppa Kulam tank,
one thousand feet on each side 123

The noblest sight of Madura is its American
Congregational Mission 123

Under Dr. J. X. Miller, its schools and seminaries
are revolutionizing southern India 124

XII. TWO WEEKS IN CEYLON 125-135

Ceylon not a part of India, but a Crown Colony of
Britain 127

Colombo, a European city, and English the best
means of communication 127

Buddhism, crowded out of India, made its way
southward 127

A sacred tooth of Buddha is preserved at Kandy 127

Wesleyan Methodist College and English Baptist
College at Colombo 128

The Ananda College, a theosophical institution,
unfavorable to Christianity 128

A refuge in Nurwara Eliya, six thousand two hundred
feet above the sea 129

Switzerland without its ruggedness, and terraces of
tea-plants lining the approaches thither 129

Forests of rubber make a sea of verdure 130

The Missionary Rest-house at Kandy 131

The famous Buddhist temple, and its evening worship 131

Its library the only sign of intelligence 131

Church of the English Baptists welcomes us 132