Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical, with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities, and Productions, Volume 2Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1859 - Natural history |
Contents
1505 Their first visit to Ceylon | 5 |
Conduct of the noosers | 23 |
Duties assessed according to religion | 53 |
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