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... Kandyan country , published an interesting account of his observations1 ; and his work derives value from the atten- en Nieuw Oost - Indien , alludes more than once with regret to the igno- rance in which his countrymen were kept as to ...
... Kandyan country , published an interesting account of his observations1 ; and his work derives value from the atten- en Nieuw Oost - Indien , alludes more than once with regret to the igno- rance in which his countrymen were kept as to ...
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... Kandyan people . But it is not possible now to read the narrative of these events , as the motives and secret arrangements of the Governor with the treacherous Minister of the king are disclosed in the private letters of Mr. North to ...
... Kandyan people . But it is not possible now to read the narrative of these events , as the motives and secret arrangements of the Governor with the treacherous Minister of the king are disclosed in the private letters of Mr. North to ...
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... Kandyan king to make an admission of regret . I am aware that there are passages in the following pages containing statements that occur more than once in the course of the work . But I found that in dealing with so many distinct ...
... Kandyan king to make an admission of regret . I am aware that there are passages in the following pages containing statements that occur more than once in the course of the work . But I found that in dealing with so many distinct ...
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... Kandyan Kingdom are a blank ; and in that of the Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge , re - published so late as 1852 , the rich districts of Neuera - kala- wa and the Wanny , in which there are innumerable villages ( and scarcely a ...
... Kandyan Kingdom are a blank ; and in that of the Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge , re - published so late as 1852 , the rich districts of Neuera - kala- wa and the Wanny , in which there are innumerable villages ( and scarcely a ...
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... Kandyan provinces may hereafter prove exaggerated , and that much that has been attributed to the poverty of the soil may even- tually be traced to deficiency of skill on the part of the early planters . The natives in the same lofty ...
... Kandyan provinces may hereafter prove exaggerated , and that much that has been attributed to the poverty of the soil may even- tually be traced to deficiency of skill on the part of the early planters . The natives in the same lofty ...
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Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical James Emerson Tennent No preview available - 2019 |
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