An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, With the Manners and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants

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Excerpt from An Account of the Island of Ceylon, Containing Its History, Geography, Natural History, With the Manners and Customs of Its Various Inhabitants: To Which Is Added, the Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Candy, Illustrated by a Map and ChartsFrom the Observations I then made, I am enabled to affirm that its retention in our hands must prove Of the greatest benefit to our East India trade, and our commerce in general, and is in this view a measure which must re¿ect the highest honour on the wisdom of his Majesty's Councils.From the period of my arrival with his Majesty's lgth regt. On the island Of Ceylon shortly after its capture, I endeavoured, during my few leisure moments from military duty, to Obtain as much useful information as an Officer in my situation had it in his power to collect.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.