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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DEFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''98° versus 130°, or, the Infantry Soldier in the Tropics''] by ‪Jones Lamprey Assistant Surgeon, H M’s 15th Regiment. 1852 Google Books. [Remarks on the dress worn by the army in Ceylon].
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YJdeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Ceylon, Past and Present''] by Sir George Barrow 1857 Google Books.
*''Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical, with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions''‬ by Sir James Emerson Tennent 4th edition, thoroughly revised 1860 [https://archive.org/details/ceylonaccountofi01tenn Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/ceylonaccountofi02tenn Volume II] Volume II includes [https://archive.org/stream/ceylonaccountofi02tenn#page/222/mode/2up "Gampola and the Coffee Regions"] page 222 and [https://archive.org/stream/ceylonaccountofi02tenn#page/n261/mode/1up Map of Coffee Estates] , between pages 234-235 which requires strong magnification. Archive.org. Additional versions version of the same map [http://dfgdigital.staatsbibliothek-viewerberlin.de/showwerkansicht/?tx_dlf%5Bid%5DPPN=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de%2Fitems%2FOU3XZDEXKDCEQK5BRSGHQSDAXEEOVKCN%2FsourcePPN669705136&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5DDMDID=DMDLOG_0016 Staatsbibliothek Berlin], select digital page [257&tx_dlf%5Bdouble%5D=0&cHash=6f7d2008dc9ab7311e5a14ac69f24de9 Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]and enlarge.:[https://archive.org/details/sketchesofnatur00tenn/page/n7/mode/2up ''Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon : with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, etc. including a monograph of the elephant ...''] by Sir J Emerson Tennent 1861. [httphttps://digitalarchive.org/details/dli.staatsbibliothek-berlinministry.de27094/page/n3/werkansichtmode/?PPN=PPN669705136&DMDID=DMDLOG_0016 Staatsbibliothek Berlin2up 2nd file, with images correctly rotated]. Both Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JQZXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''A Brief Account of Ceylon''] by L. F. Liesching [Louis], Ceylon Civil Service 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ogVXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR6-IA1#v=twopage ‪''The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon''‬] by Sir J Emerson Tennent 1867 Google Books
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