An Account of The Island of Ceylon

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An Account of The Island of Ceylon
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Noolaham No. 4177
Author Percival, Robert
Category இலங்கை வரலாறு
Language ஆங்கிலம்
Publisher Asian Educational Services
Edition 1990
Pages 420


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Contents

  • Introduction - history of the island previous to its being taken possession of by the english- the successive conquests of the portuguese, dutch, and english
  • General description of ceylon- the harbours -monsoons- climate-rivers- internal communications- soil-general divisons- british dominions- trincomalee- malativoe-jafnapatam-mannar
  • the pearl fishery -customs of the various indian nations who frequent it.
  • putallom salt- works- nigumbo- fishery there-march of the british troops from nigumbo- surrender of colombo
  • description of colombo - the fort-pettah- harbour- inhabitants-trade- expence of living
  • country , south of colombo-galkiest-punture-calture-barbareen- bentot- point de galle- matura-batacola
  • description of the ceylonese dutch- portuguese - malays
  • the ceylonese-their origin-manners-language-state of society
  • religions of the ceyloness
  • circumstances which distinguish the cingles from the candians
  • the king of candy's dominions -its divisions-candy digliggy neur- anaerodgburro- climate-soil-circumstances which distinguish the candians from the cinglese
  • the civil and military establishments of the kingdom of kandy
  • description of the bedahs, or vaddahs
  • animals of ceylon
  • vegetables
  • cinnamon, the staple commodity
  • minerals of ceylon
  • general observations- present state of the island- improvements- revenue-civil and military establishment -advantages
  • journal of the embassy to the court of candy, in 1800
  • table of roads in ceylon