Two happy years in Ceylon . and flocks of evil-smell-ing bats. Radiant peacocks and emerald-green parroquets, orioles,barbets, and many other birds of gay plumage, flasli athwart the sun-light from the shelter of dark foliage, and herds of wild deer couchfearlessly beside the broken idols with the calm passionless faceswhich so little heed their own downfall. In one ruined shrine I collected a handful of porcupine quills asa memento of the spot. These creatures conceal themselves soeffectually in the daytime, that even in the districts where theyabound many people have never seen one. They are
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Two happy years in Ceylon . and flocks of evil-smell-ing bats. Radiant peacocks and emerald-green parroquets, orioles,barbets, and many other birds of gay plumage, flasli athwart the sun-light from the shelter of dark foliage, and herds of wild deer couchfearlessly beside the broken idols with the calm passionless faceswhich so little heed their own downfall. In one ruined shrine I collected a handful of porcupine quills asa memento of the spot. These creatures conceal themselves soeffectually in the daytime, that even in the districts where theyabound many people have never seen one. They are