LONDON

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

SKETCHES

OF THE

NATURAL HISTORY OF CEYLON

WITH

NARRATIVES AND ANECDOTES

Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the

MAMMALIA, BIRDS, REPTILES, FISHES, INSECTS, &c.

INCLUDING A MONOGRAPH OF

THE ELEPHANT

AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE MODES OF CAPTURING AND TRAINING IT

WITH ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS

SIR James

BY

EMERSON TENNENT, K.C.S. LL.D. &c.

Author of

"Ceylon, an Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical" &c. &c.

LONDON

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS

1861

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