An historical relation of the island Ceylon, in the East-Indies together, with an account of the detaining in captivity the author and divers other Englishmen now living there, and of the authors miraculous escape : illustrated with figures, and a map of the island / by Robert Knox.

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An historical relation of the island Ceylon, in the East-Indies together, with an account of the detaining in captivity the author and divers other Englishmen now living there, and of the authors miraculous escape : illustrated with figures, and a map of the island / by Robert Knox.
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Knox, Robert, 1640?-1720.
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London :: Printed by Richard Chiswell ...,
1681.
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CHAP. I. Concerning the Inhabitants of this Island.

THe several Inhabitants of the Island. The Original of the Chingulays. Wild Men. Who pay an acknowledgement to the King. How they bespeak Arrows to be made them. They rob the Carriers. Hourly wild Men Trade with the People. Once made to

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serve the King in his War. Their Habit and Religion. A skirmish about their Bounds. Curious in their Arrows. How they pre∣serve their Flesh. How they take Elephants. The Dowries they give. Their disposition. The Inhabitants of the Mountains differ from those of the Low-Lands. Their good opi∣nion of Virtue, tho they practice it not. Superstitions. How they Travel. A brief character of them. The Women, their ha∣bit and nature.

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