Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
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This work is in the public domain. The author died in 1869; in Sri Lanka copyright lasts for the author's life plus 70 years, so the work has been free since 1940.
About this book
Tennent's chapters on the animals of Ceylon, expanded into a book of their own: elephants, monkeys, birds, reptiles, fish and insects, with the stories villagers told about them. Natural history as it was written before Darwin's ideas settled in — curious, anecdotal and full of first-hand observation.
- Language of the book
- English
- Category
- Science and technology
- First published
- 1861
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