TO 
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 
ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, 
K.G., K.T., G.C.M.G., P.C., 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 SERVANT, 
THE AUTHOR, 
