CEYLO^T    11ST    1893.





                        DBSCBIBING



    THE PEOGtEESS OF THE ISLAND SINCE  1803,



                        ITS PRESENT





AGRICULTURAL  AND" COMMERCIAL  ENTERPRISES,.



                         AND ITS





        Tttnequalleb attractions  to  Disttors.



                          WITH



  USEFUL STATICAL  INFORMATION, SPECIALLY  PREPARED MAP,.

       AND UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
 

                          BY



              JOHN   EEBGUSON,



  Co-Editor of " Ceylon Observer," " Tropical Agriculturist," " Ceylon Handbook," etc. ;

        Life Member of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asia tic Society ;

   Honorary Corresponding Secretary of the Royal Colonial and Imperial Institutes,









             " Embassies from regions far remote ;

              From India and the Golden Chersonese,

               *      *      *      *

              And utmost Indian Isle Tapeobane."—Milton.









                       XoiiOon:



JOHN HADDON & CO., Salisbuey Square, Fleet St.



                      ■Iclombo:



     A. M.  & J.  FERGUSON, Ohqs^veb  Press.

                         1893.





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