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FINE TYPE OF THE CEYLON MOORMEN |
THE TERRIBLE PRISON IN THE AMEER'S LOVELY PALACE GROUND |
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| The Moormen, the most energetic traders of Ceylon, claim to be descended from Arabian merchants who settled on the island two thousand years ago, and so represent that great branch of the human race, the Semitic | Outside are two of the executioners, with armed warders just out of sight. Within, a hapless mob of captives, in hot, stifling, fetid gloom, has crowded forward for a breath of fresh air, but now withdraws, most of the men fearing they may be called out to die. In former days some Britons sadly learnt the Black Hole horrors of this Bokhara prison |