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NOOSING WILD ELEPHANTS

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NOOSING WILD ELEPHANTS--Vol 2 p 359 368 &c

CEYLON

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ISLAND

PHYSICAL, HISTORICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL

WITH

NOTICES OF ITS NATURAL HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES AND PRODUCTIONS

BY

SIR JAMES EMERSON TENNENT, K.C.S. LL.D. &c.

ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS, PLANS AND DRAWINGS

FOURTH EDITION, THOROUGHLY REVISED

VOLUME I.

LONDON

1860

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

PART I.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

CHAPTER I.

GEOLOGY.—MINERALOGY.—GEMS.

  • I. General Aspect.
    • Singular beauty of the island 3
    • Its ancient renown in consequence 4
    • Fable of its "perfumed winds" (note) 4
    • Character of the scenery 5
  • II. Geographical Position 6
    • Ancient views regarding it amongst the Hindus,—"the Meridian of Lanka" 6
    • Buddhist traditions of former submersions (note) 7
    • Errors as to the dimensions of Ceylon 8
    • Opinions of Onesicritus, Eratosthenes, Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy, Agathemerus 8, 9
    • The Arabian geographers 9
    • Sumatra supposed to be Ceylon (note) 10
    • True latitude and longitude 11
    • General Eraser's map of Ceylon (note) 11
    • Geological formation 12
    • Adam's Bridge 13
    • Error of supposing Ceylon to be a detached fragment of India 14
  • III. The Mountain System 14
    • Remarkable hills, Mihintala and Sigiri 15
    • Little evidence of volcanic action 16
    • Rocks, gneiss 16
    • Rock temples 17
    • Laterite or "Cabook" 17
    • Ancient name Tamba-panni (note) 17
    • Coral formation 19
    • Extraordinary wells 21
    • Darwin's theory of coral wells examined (note) 22
    • The soil of Ceylon generally poor 24
    • "Patenas," their phenomena obscure 24
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