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A view looking along the entrance steps of a ruined temple towards the carved statue of a seated Buddha.

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A view showing a statue of a seated Buddha, about 12 feet high, at the Kalu Gal Wihara (Black Rock Cave).

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A view showing the statue of the dead Buddha and his disciple Ananda at the Kalu Gal Wihara.

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A dark slide showing the statue of the dead Buddha and his disciple Ananda at the Kalu Gal Wihara.

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A view showing the statue of Ananda, the head of the reclining Buddha and other carvings in the Kalu Gal Wihara.

Scope and Contents A view of the statue of King Parakrama with a Sinhalese standing beside it to indicate scale (the statue stands about 14 feet high): 'In this rock is a striking statueof King Parakrama carved, like that of the recumbent Buddha, in the solid rock. The monarch, who raised most of the temples and monuments of the city, stands with his back to his great works holding an ola, or palm leaf book, in his hands as if at the end of his glorious reign he had found in the study of the Buddhist...

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A view of the rest house at Polonnaruwa with trees in the foreground.

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A view showing a group of Europeans loading or unloading baggage from their cars, presumably during the excursion to Jaffna illustrated in Y3011B(LS)/385-387.

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A well-caught photograph showing a large spider on its web.

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A view showing the estate bungalow and garden on the St Leonards Estate in the Udapussellawa district south-east of Kandy.

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A poorly-exposed view showing the estate bungalow and garden from the hillside looking directly onto the neatly laid out property. With tea growing on the hill behind the house.

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A well-exposed view showing the estate from the hillside.

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A view of the house and garden of the estate.

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A well-exposed view showing the estate bungalow and garden on the St Leonards Estate in the Udapussellawa district south-east of Kandy.

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A view showing a pathway in the garden at St Leonards with an unidentified figure standing in the background (probably A.C. Wilson).

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A view showing part of the garden at St Leonards with well-tended lawn and paths.

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A view showing a stream and lush vegetation with a figure in the foreground (probably A.C. Wilson).

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A view showing a group of tea-pickers with their wicker baskets.

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A rather dark view showing a group of tea-pickers with the wicker baskets.

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A view showing Wilson with three terriers in the foreground, with tea-pickers gathered beyond. The only information gathered on A.C. Wilson is an entry in 'Ferguson's Ceylon Handbook and Directory' for 1919-1920: 'Wilson, A.C. ... (Capt., Hampshires) ... Planter ... (Chairman, Udepussuellawa P[lanters] A[ssociation]) ... St Leonard's ... Halgranoya'.

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A view showing HPA posed in the garden at St Leonards.

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A view showing a section of the drawing room of the estate house with a fireplace, books and framed pictures and photographs lining the wall.

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A view showing the estate bungalow with a stone-pillared verandah.

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A close-up view of a rubber tree showing the cuts made in the bark and the collecting cup for the latex. The Talagala estates are situated in the low-lying Kalutara district south-east of Colombo.

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A view showing a worker tapping a rubber tree.