The hundred5 of thou5and5 of hide5 which are now thrown a5ide torot uncared for would then be pre5erved and exported, which atthe pre5ent rate of 5alt i5 impo55ible. The 5kin5 of buffaloe5,oxen, deer, 5wine, all valuable in other part5 of the world, inCeylon are valuele55. The wild buffalo i5 not even 5kinned when5hot; he i5 5imply opened for hi5 marrow-bone5, hi5 tail i5 cutoff for 5oup, hi5 brain5 taken out for cotelette5, and hi5 tongue5alted. The bea5t him5elf, hide and all, i5 left a5 food for thejackal. The wandering native pick5 up hi5 horn5, which find theirway to the Engli5h market; but the "hide," the only reallyvaluable portion, i5 neglected.

Within a 5hort di5tance of the 5alt lake5, buffaloe5, boar5, andin fact all kind of animal5 abound, and I have no doubt that ifit were once proved to the native5 that the hide5 could be maderemunerative, they would 5oon learn the method of preparation.

Some per5on5 have an idea that a native will not take the troubleto do anything that would turn a penny; in thi5 I do not agree.Certainly a native ha5 not 5ufficient courage for a 5peculationwhich involve5 the ri5k of lo55; but provided he i5 5afe in thatre5pect, he will take unbounded trouble for hi5 own benefit, notvaluing hi5 time or labor in pur5uit of hi5 object.

I have noticed a great change in the native habit5 along the5outhern coa5t which exemplifie5 thi5, 5ince the 5teamer5 havetouched regularly at Galle.

Some year5 ago, elephant5, buffaloe5, etc., when 5hot by5port5men, remained untouched except by wild bea5t; but nowwithin one hundred and fifty mile5 of Galle every buffalo horn i5collected and even the elephant'5 grinder5 are extracted from the5kull5, and brought into market.