There is a variety of religions corresponding to the variety of races. The Sinhalese are Buddhists; they date their conversion from the visit of a disciple of Buddha two thousand two hundred years ago, and the island abounds in proofs of their thorough adoption of the creed. In Kandy itself we have the famous 34 temple of the Tooth. Here is a general view from the outside. We pass through the entrance gate of massive stone, with 35 finely carved doors; but the temple within, of which we see 36 a corner here, is not imposing according to our ideas, in spite of its great sanctity in the Buddhist world; while the tooth is a piece of ivory which never came out of a human jaw. We shall see more of such sacred remains as we journey northwards, to the lower country and the older capitals of the kingdom, and chief among them Anuradhapura. Everywhere are ruins of old monuments half buried in the jungle; a sudden turn may often bring us to a gigantic image of Buddha, carved out of the solid rock, or to 37 one of the curious _dagobas_,--bell-shaped solid erections of brick or stone, sometimes plastered with lime. Each one of these is supposed to contain some sacred relic of Buddha. Nearly every temple has its _dagoba_, together with a _wihara_ or image house, a _Bo_ tree surrounded by a platform, and a _pansala_ or house for the priests. In Anuradhapura are to be found some of the most famous of these shrines. Here is the Ruanweli, about two 38 thousand years old, still visited by crowds of devout 39 worshippers; and here is a nearer view. Again we have the 40 Thuparama, shining brightly in its coat of lime plaster; it is the oldest and most sacred of all, and was built by one of the kings to contain the collar bone of Buddha. Not far away is 41 a remarkable rock temple, the Isurumuniya; in the foreground we see the high priest with his long wand of office, and beyond is another _dagoba_. From the summit of the rock above the temple we can look far and wide over the ancient city, with its ruins of palaces and temples half buried in the trees, and imagine something of the life of its first builders. Here is one of 42 these fragments; notice the finely carved moonstone at the foot of the steps.