The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

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Cbgion, Past and Present. By Sir 0.01101
BARROW, But Mandy.
Blr George Barrow has written a pleasant book
about Ceylon. It contains, it Is tree, nothing very
um t ill bet, seortemlEything that has not been
maid belbre cm the as Bat it is a good compila-
°tint, made hem and ancient sources, of
material that enables the reader to understand with
little trouble much more of the nature of Ceylon than
be would be able to understand by reading many
balky volumes. The author has exercised consider.
able skill in weaving Robert X nor's Historical
Reltstioe, pablisbed in 1681, into his own amount,
entreeted front various sources, of the present state
et the island. Robert Knox's narrative r cos of the
met genuine and truthful pieces of autobio-
r spiky MT written. He wrote wheat the faith
in the marvellous was extant in great force.
To rim Ceylon was almost, as it wee to Milton,
a kind of latima Thule, ~ name/ Leila Tie tiara
bum" Crushed by alacei7,lsheelment, owl rule,
he /till writes in • tone of mingled 11111611/16111l ash
ewe of the magolikent idand he he woe hp
primed. Ile is sever tired of Midi Ag. dm Os
wolinrs of the
pi oloofty, he sthenry miner
rolleal
it= b
. the Mai
esal dry with=
aed the middllieted of the bed. es
=see I have est= =iv as the use Me of a
=contain called inspselds& emery sot wet
'soother, and as soca is I awe as de ether. dry
mad so exceeding het that I 'Gehl sem*
_walk es
theme;" lie wasiorfel =his se idle he es.
tel :—" The mast lehibitemis west set /e-
-boa' to build te=ples owl MO seesstois is the
heroes of their Oat. as if they bad be Wet eel/
to hew rocks and great stones, sod lay them up in
help? its eupendous trees, meek me the talker tree,
as. big and as tall as a dip', red, sad a
straight, bearhig only Waves, libigill SA of
hesett to this people, ass mingle led bag es
and large that it will cover "sus diem se twenty
was, and =op them dry whim it robe . . . a
seageollese =saw tibia' God hem lasseswed upon
this peer_sed moiled peogle.• Alleillhilltiplillil of
the Mod end of Its itterle is ommentod by the
ereireseles et all tiaras= of the peseent lb,. Ifs
is tie Mr /11•1111=12111/111111111110 of the actives,
who are peer and in the midst of the meet
Isaiah preform of all thst is =Whig se mild ea
earth. ha ids be is sierobastei by lithlisip liebse.
=he sepus " Oho s mos a sons hes sod be Ida de
llia
-he Lesvlime ibe allege mdente sheds
or bad • hat et ibleasim eats its wain
as Mir ir Mee, sal lemishis life away.'
waive of hi lib in Coyle= sad his ad-
venineeme swaps hoes the island, hi see of the met
inthesting press of blegraphy in the language, sad
the suthor bb dose well- to Incorporate it in his
win.

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scarcely Penh that Ceylon, with its rot
natural attains@ sail its admirable situation,
shasid fail am of the Mit ilipeleat
Fiction of oar ohne empire. Up Is the
sin. however. line sweets to have be =
=ll this pewee. 'the roads are in writhed
. Frail Irrinuaalle to Gant, two el the
ant heipernat boas I. the island, thin
is walla hot and Wylie read,
beltqn
dis-
tawe by the own le life mike, the
ileac!.-_ of the iii From the
chief pork le TrZ= it &Naos el in non
tle• road body in wheels in 4=.
Bice, whisk is prtheipal food of the
is exported hen The aeons of
rigged vemels leinglar be the sibmay was, iagrillit
My-five, sad the 3,128. The
exports of ciannea=e use ma
that of salt to pain 10 eowaL The pawl
was abarhastilessermaseried of erg teen years,
and only is 1848. In 1847 them
was art a igloo native topitalit ia Ceylon.
Tb way la which this slate d things is
seemed he Is by barging the whole Wane
of to
e tp only of the kings ever the mud=
the thinir, sad the measpolisiog -spirit of the
Dan digiayed naiad the inhabitants on the
11111148111 t. And we night give some credit to
• aseedea if no hand that ewe the
=aof the Wad by the Eighth than
ny bedew WII* iceprenneat
llde anetinsly net' the am Anal the
sons dew. of nanalless anpallaie sad paw
its, aniist relics of a pectin sin= of irrigatits,
anthit broths Wens' teaks width /wean nem=
sop* of meln, the amino awl their rens the
to new hibilelinn Wide, ea lolls readsted air
Issa hy the wan @hist Assn 'lash aese misted
the thrtlie. Hitherto we Was doe scarcely
!e the natives or the shad ; sad a large
f▪
ans is is the emery fa little odwr
thin le the Mein as opportunity el =t;
akerallarrow's beak entais a rod digest of all
that is likely to iklerne the public with respect to