AN 
ACCOUNT 
or 
THE ISLAND OF CEYLON, 
CONTAINING 
Its History, 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. 
ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP AND CHARTS. 
BY ROBERT PERCIVAL, ESQ. 
OF IIIS MAJESTY'S NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT . 
LONDON. 
PRINTED BY AND FOR C. AND R. BALDWIN, OF NEW-BRIDGE STREET, 
BLACKFRIARS, 
1803. 
