A Visit to Ceylon
Author : Ernst Haeckel
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 10,46 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Natural history
ISBN :
Author : Ernst Haeckel
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 10,46 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Natural history
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Author : Edward Sullivan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 11,54 MB
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780484240413
Excerpt from The Bungalow and the Tent, or a Visit to Ceylon Friend, be not tedious, said the Rajah Of Travancore to a Christian missionary, in the sixteenth century, remember life is short. I have endeavoured to pay due attention to this admirable advice; and if what I have written be wearisome, the Offence can scarcely be visited on the quantity. It has been laid to the charge of many authors, that they deprive themselves of sleep, in order to procure it for their readers. I plead a conscientious not guilty to this allegation. Blessed be the man who in vented sleep, says the immortal Squire; and blessed be he, I repeat, who imparts it by any means, whether Doctor, Preacher, Author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : G. E. Mitton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780265260050
Excerpt from The Lost Cities of Ceylon The ruins of Egypt have been known for centuries, but it is only in comparatively recent years the ruins of Ceylon have been unearthed. Since then numbers have been attracted by these strange and beautiful Specimens of architecture quite unlike anything found elsewhere. After the final victories of the Tamils, when the Cingalese kings were driven to their last stronghold, Kandy, which lies among the hills in the centre of the island, the jungle growth, so extraordinarily rapid in the moist atmosphere of Ceylon, sprang up in wave upon wave, engulfing in a vast green sea the sites of these ancient capitals. That such cities had existed had long been known, but knowledge of their whereabouts only remained as a tradition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : Ernst Haeckel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 31,12 MB
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780331793840
Excerpt from India and Ceylon With this fact in view, I can scarcely hope that my jour ney to India will arouse any particular interest - especially as an abundance of the best literature descriptive of that wonderful country is already in existence - and I ought perhaps to apologize for asking the reader to accompany me. My personal interests as naturalist and nature's friend alo'ne prompt the journey I am about to undertake. The most earnest desire of every naturalist that has made the organic forms of life a lifelong study, is to stand face to face with the wonders of nature in the tropics; for only here, under the enhancing influence of the sun's light and heat, are developed those astonishing types of form com pared with which the flora and fauna of our temperate zone are but weak and colorless imitations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : Augustus de Butts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780266272144
Excerpt from Rambles in Ceylon Ancient name of Ceylon - Its former obscurity - Causes of this-conquest of the Dutch Possessions by the British, and subsequent submission of the whole Island - First view of the Ceylon Coast - Its picturesque aspect - Canoes of Ceylon - Arrival at Colombo - Description of the Fort of Co lombo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : Alfred Clark
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 2017-11-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780331993776
Excerpt from Peeps at Many Lands: Ceylon Ceylon is a pear-shaped island, a little smaller than Ireland, in the Indian Ocean, between Six and ten degrees north of the Equator. From its position with reference to the mainland, it has been called by Eastern poets the Pearl - Drop on the Brow of India. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : Alan Walters
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2015-08-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781332328956
Excerpt from Palms Pearls: Or Scenes in Ceylon The following pages are the outcome of a sojourn in Ceylon, during which I had more opportunities than fall to the lot of the ordinary traveller of becoming acquainted with its many beauties, and of observing the daily life and customs of its people. Says one man: "Ceylon is a place to be shunned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : J. C. Willis
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781332111497
Excerpt from Ceylon: A Handbook for the Resident and the Traveller Soon after my arrival in Ceylon in 1896, I was forcibly struck with the absence of any reliable modern handbook of the island, and about seven years ago began to collect notes for such a book, jotting down upon memorandum tablets all those items which I considered ought to be included. As these accumulated, they were sorted under heads, and the chapters gradually took shape in outline. Alter 1901 two or three books upon the island appeared, notably the excellent handbook for the St. Louis Exhibition, which in some ways fulfilled my idea of what was wanted, but was written for people outside the colony. Having in vain endeavoured to persuade one who was much better qualified than myself to write a book upon Ceylon, I at last decided to do so, and began in 1905, but was interrupted by a serious accident. Commencing with the idea of writing a comprehensive work of perhaps 1,000 pages, I devoted my leisure from October 1905 to a chapter on the agriculture of the colony. To gel this into a form comparatively satisfactory to myself took no less than eight months, and it would have covered 125 pages of the present book. It consequently seemed to me advisable to work this up into a book upon agriculture in the tropics generally. This was done, and the book will, I hope, shortly appear. If now my own subject were to take so long, and occupy so much space, it was very evident that I could not hope to complete the work under 10 years, and when completed, it would be so bulky that no one would read it, while the keeping up to date of the chapters already written would be a most formidable task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : Mary Leitch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2015-07-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781331689270
Excerpt from Seven Years in Ceylon: Stories of Mission Life That the knowledge may increase and the darkness be expelled, And all sing hallelujah to the almighty Father. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Author : C. F. Gordon Cumming
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 46,71 MB
Release : 2018-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780365379003
Excerpt from Two Happy Years in Ceylon Although, by comparison with that of others, my own term in the Earthly Paradise was short, I can safely say that, as it was all play and no work, I had abundant leisure to note many matters of interest seen under exceptionally favourable. Circumstances. I trust, therefore, that these pages may prove of some value to the ever-increasing army of wanderers in search of winter-quarters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.