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PREFACE.
We regret that, from the circumstance of the work gradu­ally growing as the printing went on, a systematic compila­tion could not be attempted, but we trust the full index will enable everyone to find what he wants, and that this little book may be of interest as well as of some service to all anxious to establish a Gold-mining industry, and to ex­tend the Gem-digging enterprise in this
Utmost Indian isle, Taprobane.
THE PUBLISHERS. Colombo, 24th June 1881.
NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
Although, in a busy newspaper office, we have not had time to revise and compile the new matter methodically, yet our " Gold, Gems, Pearls, &c," has now become a very con­siderable volume. Besides copious extracts from the pages of our Tropical Agricultmist and daily press we are also indebted to the pages of Streeter and of an exceedingly use­ful little American book entitled " Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find them," by James Orton, a.m.
Later information respecting the Pearl Fisheries and Geology of the Island is also given.
We trust this second and greatly enlarged edition will be even more appreciated than the first, owing more especially to the two useful Maps, prepared for us at the Surveyor. General's Office, with which it is accompanied.
A. M. & J. FERGUSON.
Colombo, Februaky 1888.
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