SKETCHES 
OF THE 
INHABITANTS, ANIMAL LIFE AND VEGETATION 
IN THE 
LOWLANDS AND HIGH MOUNTAINS 
OF 
CEYLON, 
AS WELL AS OF 
THE SUBMARINE SCENERY NEAR THE COAST, 
TAKEN IN A DIVING BELL 
BY 
THE BARON EUGENE DE RANSONNET. 
VIENNA. 
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY GEROLD & SOLD. BY ROBERT HARDWICKE LONDON 192, PICCADILLY. 
1861. 
