Where does one expect to find a crocodile basking in the sun or slowly gliding into the water?
Many would assume it will be some place down south like Bundala or in the marshes of Negombo.
In any hospital, the Out Patients Department (OPD) is the place most frequented by both patients and visitors alike. Beyond that, public access to the wards and other units is strictly limited. More often than not, impressions are formed and judgments passed, based on what is visible in and around this gateway to the health care centre.
It is remarkable that two Frenchmen, geniuses in separate arts, created during the same period, the 1860s, two totally dissimilar fictional descriptions of Ceylon's legendary pearl fishery. Furthermore, they are virtually the sole imaginary efforts on this subject.
Where does one expect to find a crocodile basking in the sun or slowly gliding into the water?
Many would assume it will be some place down south like Bundala or in the marshes of Negombo. 
In any hospital, the Out Patients Department (OPD) is the place most frequented by both patients and visitors alike. Beyond that, public access to the wards and other units is strictly limited. More often than not, impressions are formed and judgments passed, based on what is visible in and around this gateway to the health care centre.
It is remarkable that two Frenchmen, geniuses in separate arts, created during the same period, the 1860s, two totally dissimilar fictional descriptions of Ceylon's legendary pearl fishery. Furthermore, they are virtually the sole imaginary efforts on this subject.