I 
AN ' 
ACCOUNT 
OF 
/ 
THE ISLAND OF CEYLON, 
CONTAINING , 
Its Hisioryf, Geography, Natural History, with the Manners and 
Customs of its various Inhabitants ; 
TO WHICH IS ADDED, 
THE JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY TO THE COURT OF CANDY. 
I 
. - ' ILLUSTRATED BY ' 
A MAP, CHARTS, AND ENGRAVINGS OF SOME INTERESTING 
SCENES IN THE ISLAND. 
'I HE SECOND EDITION: 
■ WITH AN APPENDIX; 
Containing some Particulars of the recent Hostilities with the King of Candy. 
BY CAPTAIN ROBERT PERCIVAL, 
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OF HIS MAJESTY'S EIGHTEENTH OR ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT: 
AND AUTHOR OF AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
LONDON: 
PRINTED BY AND FOR C. AND R. BALDWIN, NEW-BRIDGE STREET.. 
1805 . 
