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Excerpt from Recollections of Ceylon: After a Residence of Nearly Thirteen Years, 1844, With an Account of the Church Missionary Society's Operations in the Island and Extracts From a Journal I DO not think it necessary to say much by way of preface. The following sheets give a plain and faithful account of the Island of Ceylon in its pre sent state. I have thought it beside my purpose to enter into any history of the Island, as that may be derived from Cordiner and Davy, both of whose works have been long before the English public. From my extended acquaintance with the natives, acquired by long residence among them, I was en abled to gain such a knowledge of the country and of its varied population, as I thought would be ia teresting to the English in general and, therefore, from time to time, since my return to the land of my birth, I have occupied myself in putting toge ther the ensuing remarks. 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.