A Description of Ceylon: Containing an Account of the Country, Inhabitants, and Natural Productions ; with Narratives of a Tour Round the Island in 1800, the Campaign in Candy in 1803, and a Journey to Ramisseram in 1804 ...K.V.G. De Silva & Sons, 1983 - Sri Lanka |
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