JOURNAL m 



OF THE 



CEYLON BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



1874, 



PART I. 



EDITED BY 



THE HONORARY SECRETARY. 



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 the present and former inhabitants of this Island, with its Geology, 

 Mineralogy, its Climate and Meteorology, its Botany and Zoology." 

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