See also:

• RATNAPURA (i.e. " The City of Gems ")

RATNAPURA (i.e. " The See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of Gems ")  , the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Sabaragamuwa, See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon . It is the centre of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long established See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in digging for See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious stones—rubies, sapphires, See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat's-eyes, &c . There is also much See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit cultivation and planting of See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Pop. of town (1901) 4084; of district 132,964 .