Adams Pear, Or Hamazel, a conical mountain in S. Ceylon, 45 m. S. S. E. of Colombo, 7,420 ft. high, and, with the exception of Pedrotalla-galla (which exceeds it by 860 ft.), the highest in the island. The ascent is made by means of a chain fixed to its summit. It is considered sacred by both Buddhists and Mohammedans, who make frequent pilgrimages there during the dry season (January, February, and March). On the summit, which is surrounded by a wall 5 ft. high, with two openings for the admission of pilgrims, there is the impression of a gigantic foot in the rock, said by the natives to be that of Buddha when he stepped from this peak to the adjacent kingdom of Siam; but ascribed by the Mohammedans to Adam after his expulsion from paradise (placed in the vicinity of Ceylon), whence the peak derives its name.