

LS 



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si 





TO 



HIS EOYAL HIGHNESS 



ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, 



K.G., K.T.. G.C.M.G., P.O., etc., 



THIS WORK IS DEDICATED, 



BY SPECIAL PERMISSION, 



IN MEMORY OF THE VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TO CEYLON 



IN THE YEAR 1870. 



BY HIS OBEDIENT HUMBLE SEBVANT, 



THE AUTHOR, 



