CONTENTS.
^ g i P f E R i;
Introdiictiohr-History ffp ffie 'ldïmd previms\ tô ifs being, taken
fihsession-éjfby thè-'Enflish—Tfiiy- "èiiéè'és'swe 'C&nqtiests b f 'the'
^ Portuguese," Dutch, and ÈnfMMy ‘T .............Page 1.
O-HAPTÉR. II.
General' Description o f'Ç ^ ^ n—^ e i Bmfbpw^s--rd\IpnsoQm—Oli-
' maté—Rivers—Internal ( CommunicatiûAsr—^Soil—General Divisions—
Dritish I)om/nioii'l—fl'ÙltpMJHltf— )la/atiroe—Jitfnapà-
tam—Manaar. i i ..A}.,• ■ . t ,. §HaggËtà
CHAPTER II I.
TJtë •' Peàrl ‘SMsftery—Cuséoms--‘‘of'~ltfrièlfcûrious Indian ^'Mations
1 wü>. ÛV^UenCi't.^ y . ..Xi i .y . J y^vrriitt
CHAPTER IV.
Putallom Saït-worlcs—Nigumbo—-Fishery t]69e—Match, o f the
British Troops from Nigumbo— Surrender o f ' Colmnbo. ., 106
•■jfeïÂPTÉB?1 } t '
Description .of _ Colmnbo— The Fort— Peitah— Harbour^—Inhabitants—
Tradê—Bxpénçc o f living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120:
