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, Volume 1 |
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESENT EDITION | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 16 |
CONTENTS XXV | 25 |
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