Of the dangers and difficulties which had embarrassed our ascent I seemed to feel nothing.

Except in the cool of the forest, the heat was almost insufferable; but I would hear of no delay until we reached Ratnapoora.

Here, instead of returning as we had come, we took a boat down the Kalu-ganga river to Cattura, and thence travelled along the coast by Pantura to Colombo.
"The object of my journey is now accomplished: and it only remains to hasten home with all speed.

But I am feeling strangely unwell as I write this.

My head has never fully recovered that blow at Bombay, and I think the hours during which I remained exposed to the sun's rays, by the side of that awful image, must have affected it.
Or perhaps the fatigue of the journey has worn me out.