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Page 79
... lighthouses should be erected on Dondra Head and on Flagstaff Point , Trincomalee and a beacon on the Great Basses , and that a light vessel should be moored on the little Basses ' . On May 16th 1853 Admiral Pellew , then C - in - C ...
... lighthouses should be erected on Dondra Head and on Flagstaff Point , Trincomalee and a beacon on the Great Basses , and that a light vessel should be moored on the little Basses ' . On May 16th 1853 Admiral Pellew , then C - in - C ...
Page 81
... Lighthouse , four other lighthouses had come up around Ceylon built by the Ceylon Government , at points , curiously , not mentioned in Gordon Bremer's report . The first , and the oldest in Ceylon , was at Galle , in 1848. Foul Point ...
... Lighthouse , four other lighthouses had come up around Ceylon built by the Ceylon Government , at points , curiously , not mentioned in Gordon Bremer's report . The first , and the oldest in Ceylon , was at Galle , in 1848. Foul Point ...
Page 83
... lighthouses are manned by fulltime Keepers who live on the spot , classified as ' attended lighthouses ' , ' unattended lighthouses ' may work for six months at a time without attention . These are all gas lights , supplied with cylind ...
... lighthouses are manned by fulltime Keepers who live on the spot , classified as ' attended lighthouses ' , ' unattended lighthouses ' may work for six months at a time without attention . These are all gas lights , supplied with cylind ...
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1st century 2nd century 3rd century Adam's Peak Agrabodhi ancient Ceylon Anuradhapura Ariya Chakravarti Batticaloa Batuta British Buddhist building built capture century A.D. century king century later coast of Ceylon Colombo dagaba Dastota Delft Devanampiya Devanampiya Tissa Dissave Dondra Dutch elephants French Galle Ganga Government Governor Hakmane Hambantota harbour Hindus India inhabitants inscription Jaffna Kaddaiparichchan Kandy Kandyan Kantaka Cetiya kingdom Kirinda known Knox Knox's land Lanka legend light lighthouses Maha Mahagama Mahavamsa Mahaveli Mannar Island Matara mentions Mihintale miles mountain nagas navigable North officers palmyrah Pandukabhaya Parakrama Bahu Paranavitana Paulusz pearls port Portuguese prince Puttalam record refers remains river road rock Rohona Roman round royal sailed salt sculpture sent ships shrine Sinhalese Sinhalese king stone story Street stupa Suffren tamarind tree Tamil Tangalle temple Tennent toddy trade tradition Trincomalee Verugal Vihara Vijaya village Weligama wild yakshas