 | Fraternal organizations - 1860 - 544 pages
...whatever direction it is approached, says Sir Emerson Tennent, in his recent history, Ceylon unfolds ft scene of loveliness and grandeur unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe. Nearly four parts of the island are undulating plains, slightly diversified by offsets of the mountain... | |
 | Alexander G. Findlay - Indian Ocean - 1866 - 1176 pages
...S.AV., but their direction is greatly influenced by the wind. 808 THE GULF OF MANAAE. 2.-CEYLON. „ " Ceylon, from whatever direction it is approached,...unfolds a scene of loveliness and grandeur unsurpassed," says Sir J. Emerson Tennent in his admirable work, which is replete with every kind of information... | |
 | John Ferguson - Agriculture - 1883 - 342 pages
...for the unpleasantness of a voyage. Tennent well says that Ceylon, from whatever direction it may be approached, unfolds a scene of loveliness and grandeur...unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe. Its names — " Lanka, the resplendent " of the Brahmins, the "pearl-drop on the brow of Ind " of the... | |
 | John Ferguson - Sri Lanka - 1887 - 470 pages
...for the unpleasantness of a voyage. Tennent well says that Ceylon, from whatever direction it may be approached, unfolds a scene of loveliness and grandeur...unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe. Its names — " Lanka, the resplendent," of the Brahmins; the "pearl-drop on the brow of Ind," of the... | |
 | John Ferguson - Agriculture - 1893 - 536 pages
...and Mauritius. Natural Beauty. But now as to the place itself. It has been well and truly said that " Ceylon, from whatever direction it is approached,...unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe." No one. unless his visit be coincident with the height of the rainy season, is disappointed with the... | |
 | John Ferguson - Agriculture - 1893 - 560 pages
...and Mauritius. Natural Beauty. But now as to the place itself. It has been well and truly said that " Ceylon, from whatever direction it is approached,...grandeur unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in tbe universe." No one, unless his visit be coincident with the height of the rainy season, is disappointed... | |
 | Ceylon. Commission, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 - Sri Lanka - 1893 - 264 pages
...direction it may be approached " — writes Emerson Tennent — " Ceylon unfolds a scene of loveliness unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe : the Island rises from the sea, its lofty mountains covered by luxuriant forests, and its shores, till they... | |
 | Art - 1899 - 916 pages
...historian of Ceylon, opens the first volume of his fascinating work. "Ceylon," he says most truly, "from whatever direction it is approached, unfolds...unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe." Under favourable circumstances the towering; and majestic cone of Adam's Peak, over 7,000 feet above... | |
 | Geography - 1902 - 264 pages
...fish. mast and a lateen sail. LESSON 35 THE PRODUCTS OF CEYLON ' Ceylon, from whatever direction it be approached, unfolds a scene of loveliness and grandeur...if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe. The island rises from the sea, its lofty mountains covered by luxuriant 'forests, and its shores, till... | |
 | John Ferguson - Sri Lanka - 1903 - 506 pages
...for the unpleasantness of a voyage. Tenuent well says that Ceylon, from whatever direction it may be approached, unfolds a scene of loveliness and grandeur unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any laud in the universe. Its names — "Lanka, the resplendent," of the Brahmins ; the " pearl-drop on... | |
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Ceylon, from -whatever direction it is approached, unfolds a scene of loveliness and grandeur unsurpassed, if it be rivalled, by any land in the universe. 
