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Excerpt from Ceylon: A Handbook for the Resident and the Traveller
Oon after my arrival in Ceylon in 1896, I was forcibly struck with the absence ofany 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. After 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. 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.
