...Hunting elephants on foot would be not less dangerous,* unless the Ceylon mode of killing them by one shot could be followed: it has never been tried in Africa...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...In 1877, I found the Ganges—Jumna dooab,the Animallai Hills, the Wynaad Forest and Ceylon literally teemingwith herds of game...
William T. Hornaday 「Our Vanishing Wild Life」
..."Regarding the fauna of Ceylon, little has been publishedin any collective form, with the exception of a volume by Dr...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
..., for valuable additions and corrections in the list ofthe Ceylon Reptilia; and to Professor FARADAY for some notes on thenature and qualities of the "Serpent Stone,"submitted to him...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...The first effective impulse to the cultivation of naturalscience in Ceylon, was communicated by Dr...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...The zoophytesand Crustacea have I believe been partially investigated byProfessor Harvey, who visited Ceylon in 1852, and morerecently by Professor Schmarda, of the University of Prague...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...—There is no native wild dog in Ceylon, butevery village and town is haunted by mongrels of European descent,that are known by the generic description of Pariahs...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...The flesh is esteemed a delicacy in Ceylon, and inconsistency, colour, and flavour it very much resembles youngpork...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Fromtheir constant exposure at all seasons, the cattle in Ceylon, boththose employed in agriculture and those on the roads, are subjectto devastating murrains, that sweep them away by thousands...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Amongst the Birds of Ceylon, the same abnormity is apparent...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...As to the Fishes of Ceylon, they are of course less distinct;and besides they have hitherto been very imperfectly compared...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Prodromus Faunæ Zeylanicæ; being Contributions tothe Zoology of Ceylon, by F...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...TENNENT'S Ceylon, vol...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
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