Christianity in Ceylon: Its Introduction and Progress Under the Portuguese, the Dutch, the British, and American Missions; With an Historical Sketch ... and Buddhist Superstitions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Christianity in Ceylon: Its Introduction and Progress Under the Portuguese, the Dutch, the British, and American Missions; With an Historical Sketch of the Brahmanical and Buddhist SuperstitionsFor some years past I have been engaged in the preparation of a work on Ceylon, its history, its topography, its capabilities, its productions, its government, its present condition, and its future prospects as a colony of the Crown.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.