Download or read book The Bungalow and the Tent, Or a Visit to Ceylon (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Sullivan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bungalow and the Tent, or a Visit to Ceylon Friend, be not tedious, said the Rajah Of Travancore to a Christian missionary, in the sixteenth century, remember life is short. I have endeavoured to pay due attention to this admirable advice; and if what I have written be wearisome, the Offence can scarcely be visited on the quantity. It has been laid to the charge of many authors, that they deprive themselves of sleep, in order to procure it for their readers. I plead a conscientious not guilty to this allegation. Blessed be the man who in vented sleep, says the immortal Squire; and blessed be he, I repeat, who imparts it by any means, whether Doctor, Preacher, Author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.