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WHAT does Mr. Abbay call (vol. xviii. p. 540), the “low country” in Ceylon? If he means the sea-board generally, I can assure him that, while magistrate at Point Pedro, five-and-twenty years ago, I used almost nightly to see “rayons de crépuscule” in the most glorious perfection for months together. Point Pedro is the extreme northern point of the island, with a splendid sea horizon. I shall never forget the beanty of the tints.
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LAYARD, E. Rayons De Crépuscule. Nature 19, 527–528 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019527e0
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