▁Great ▁Britain ." - ▁Introduction ▁ ▁First ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 , ▁by ▁Sp ott is wo ode ▁& ▁Co . ▁for ▁Long man , ▁Green , ▁Long man , ▁and ▁Roberts ▁of ▁London ▁C ey lon ▁proved ▁very ▁popular ▁and ▁five ▁ed itions , ▁various ly ▁re vised ▁were ▁in ▁published ▁in ▁eight ▁months , ▁the ▁last ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 . ▁The ▁work ▁is ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁many ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁C ey lon ▁with ▁ ▁chap ters ▁on ▁the ▁ge ology , ▁climate , ▁fl ora ▁and ▁fa una , ▁history , ▁religion ▁and ▁Buddh ism , ▁far ming , ▁commerce , ▁the ▁arts , ▁science , ▁Portuguese , ▁Dutch ▁and ▁English ▁influence ▁followed ▁ ▁by ▁accounts ▁of ▁ele ph ants , ▁the ▁forest , ▁and ▁ru ined ▁cities . ▁ ▁" C ey lon " ▁is ▁an ▁en cyc lo pa edic ▁work ▁coll ating ▁the ▁research ▁of ▁many ▁people . ▁In ▁the ▁Introduction ▁to ▁" C ey lon " ▁T enn ent ▁writes ▁" Res pect ing ▁the ▁Phys ical ▁Geography ▁and ▁Natural ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁col ony , ▁I ▁found ▁an ▁equal ▁want ▁of ▁reliable ▁information ; ▁and ▁every ▁work ▁that ▁even ▁touched ▁on ▁the ▁subject ▁was ▁per v aded ▁by ▁the ▁mis app reh ension ▁which ▁I ▁have ▁collected ▁evidence ▁to ▁correct ; ▁that ▁C ey lon ▁is ▁but ▁a ▁fragment ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁Indian ▁continent ▁disse ver ed ▁by ▁some ▁local ▁conv ulsion ; ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁zo