An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies, Volume 2 |
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An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and ..., Volume 2 Charles Pridham No preview available - 1849 |
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Adigaar animal Anuradhapoora appearance Badulla bank Batecalo beautiful body bound Buddha called caudal fin Ceylon chief coast cocoa-nut trees Colombo colour contains Coromandel coast Court cultivated dágobah Dissaves distance district dorsal fin Dutch Eastern eight elephants European fathoms feet fish forest formed former formerly four Galle gneiss Government Governor green ground head hills Hindoo inches inhabitants island Jaffna jungle Kandian Kandian war Kandy king Korle Kurunaigalla labour lake land length Malabar Manaar Mátalé Matura miles military monsoon mountain natives nilamé Northern Nuwara Ouva paddy parrahs pass pattoo persons plains Point Pedro population Portuguese produce province rest-house rice river rix-dollars road rock rocky royal Saffragam salt sand scenery side Singh Singhalese situated soil Southern species spot stone stream summit tail Tangalle tanks temple thick Trincomalee valley varieties Veddahs vessels village Wanny Western Province wihare wild wood yellow