Sketches of Natural History of Ceylon

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sketches of Natural History of Ceylonby J. Emerson TennentThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Sketches of Natural History of CeylonAuthor: J. Emerson TennentRelease Date: August 29, 2004 [EBook #13325]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SKETCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY ***Produced by Carlo Traverso, Leonard Johnson and the Online DistributedProofreading Team from images generously made available by theBibliotheque nationale de France (BnF Gallica) athttp://gallica.bnf.frSKETCHESOF THENATURAL HISTORY OF CEYLONWITHNARRATIVES AND ANECDOTESIllustrative of the Habits and Instincts of theMAMMALIA, BIRDS, REPTILES, FISHES, INSECTS, &c.INCLUDING A MONOGRAPH OFTHE ELEPHANTAND A DESCRIPTION OF THE MODES OF CAPTURING AND TRAINING ITWITH ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGSBYSIR J. EMERSON TENNENT, K.C.S. LL.D. &c.1861[Illustration]INTRODUCTION. * * * * *A considerable portion of the contents of the present volume formed thezoological section of a much more comprehensive work recently published,on the history and present condition of Ceylon.[1] But its inclusionthere was a matter of difficulty; for to have altogether omitted ...