The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-19
INTERESTING FACTS OF CEYLON, INDIA, TOLD
in LETTER TO J. s McCHAREN, OF THIS CITY

tive prevent him from taking a bal
anccd Giet.
The bull is sacred therefore they do
not eat beef. They believe in the
transmigration of souls and for that
reason they will not XII any animal
or insect for fear they re murder
ing a relative, They use mix when
they can set it, but viii uot eat eggs
nee they contain thn germ Of life.
Could be Veritable Paradise
The jungles are fun Of game, large
and small If it was not for their re-
igion they could get plenty of meat
to eat. Elephants, buffalo, deer, bear.
| leopards, panthers and every kind of
| fowl abound here The whole island is
one vast orchard of fruit. With the
plenteous supply of game and fruits,
| if the native would work he could
raise plenty of rice. then if he would
| forget Buddha. he could live in a verit-
able paradise. Ceylon has been called
the Original Garden Of Eden" and to
see it you would be tempted to be-
lieve it was true.
Some Products of Country
The main products OF Ceylon are
cocoanuts, tea, cocoa chocolate tree)
and rubber. Ceylon exports some Gina
mon and other spices, peppers and
fruits. There are no canning indus
tries TO care for the unlimited guam
tity Of good fruits.
The principal mining Industries are
plumbago and precious stones. Cey-
Ion pumbago is Of the finest quality.
r'The gems mined here are also famous.
Very few diamonds have been mined
but nearly all other gems are found
in Ceylon soil.
The island of Ceylon is 2l0 miles in
length and 140 miles in breadth at its
widest part and contains 25,4sl square
miles of natural beauty
Wonderful Road System
The British have developed a won
derful ssytem of rock roads as well
as first class railroad system. You
can motor to practically any part 70
the island.
Ruined Cities of Ameradhapura
Picture driving through the cocoa
nut palms, over mountains covered
with rubber and tea; paddy trice)
fields irrigated by ancient methods
of engineering; passing jungles and
seeing wild animals crossing your road
monkeys chattering at you and the
whole heavens filled with birds of
the most gorgeous plumage. Every tree
has either fruits that are eatable OF
flowers that are pleasing sight Then
if you are interested in ruins the
Ruined Cities Of Ameradhapura" are
famous. Here you see the ruined pal
aces and cities of the ancient Sing
halese kings These ruins date bach
5000 r. c. and every year new ruins
are being unearthed. The Tamils came
over from India proper and made wal
on the Singhalese. destroying her cit
les that have never been rebuilt. TIL,
, Singhalese must have been q wonder
fully ingenious people. 1t took brains
Drawn and time to build their cities
Modern engineers cannot figure ou
: scme Of their buildings. How they
= moved the huge stones 10 the buildins
! site without our modern methods ol
transportation is still a puzzle 10 the
; best engineers. Considering the crude
tools, the native uses today Is II pos
sible that their ancestors used the
! same crude tools in building thei
cities? Its hardly possible. yet w
: must think they had better methods
= ] Of building than we have today; bu