TO 



MY INTELLIGENT COMPANION 



IN MANY OF THE JOURNEYS THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINS AND 



FORESTS OF CEYLON, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH MUCH 



OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS 



VOLUME WAS COLLECTED ; 



TO 



MAJOR SKINNER, 



CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF ROADS AND PUBLIC WORKS, 

 ETC. ETC. 



ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED AND VALUAllLE SERVANTS OF 

 THE CROWN ; 



IT IS INSCRIBED, 



IN THE HOPE THAT IT ALA.Y RECALL TO HIM THE 



PLEASANT MEMORIES WHICH IT 



AWAKES IN ME. 



