. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . oors are Tamils by race. I would mention also the name of Mr. Simon Casie Chetty, who was aMember of the Legislative Council of Ceylon for some years since 1838,and whose opinions are recorded in his Gazetteer. The editors of the Ceylon Observer, in their issue of December 10,1885, said, We believe that fully 80 per cent, of the Muhammadans ofCeylon are Tamils. And Mr. A. M. Ferguson, , who has lived and laboured in Ceylonfor over fifty years, speaking at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society,Ceylon Branch, held on January 26
. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . oors are Tamils by race. I would mention also the name of Mr. Simon Casie Chetty, who was aMember of the Legislative Council of Ceylon for some years since 1838,and whose opinions are recorded in his Gazetteer. The editors of the Ceylon Observer, in their issue of December 10,1885, said, We believe that fully 80 per cent, of the Muhammadans ofCeylon are Tamils. And Mr. A. M. Ferguson, , who has lived and laboured in Ceylonfor over fifty years, speaking at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society,Ceylon Branch, held on January 26, 1888, observed, in reference to thePaper read on that day, as follows :— The obvious reason why the marriagecustoms of the Muhammadans were mainly Tamil was due to the fact,that most of the proselytes made by Muhammadans in South India andCeylon were from the Tamil race. No. 36.—1888.] CAPTAIN joao ribeiro. 263 CAPTAIN JOAO RIBEIRO:HIS WORK ON CEYLON, AND THE FRENCHTRANSLATION THEREOF BY THEABBE LE GRAND. By Donald Ferguson, Esq. {Bead July 26, 1888.). N the early part of the year 1701 there appearedat Trevoux in France a small volume withthe following title :— Histoire de llsle deCeylan. Ecrite par le Capitaine Jean Ribeyro,& presentee au Roy de Portugal en 1685. Traduite du Portugais en Frangois. A Trevoux, chezEstienne Ganeau, Directeur de llmprimerie de S. A. S*Monseigneur Prince Souverain de Dombes. Avec Appro-bation & Privilege. M. DCCI. Almost simultaneously thesame book was issued in Paris, the first part of thetitle being identical with the above, and the latter partreading thus :— A Trevoux, & se vend, a Paris, chez JeanBoudot, Libraire de lAcademie Royale des Sciences, rueS. Jacques, au Soleil dor. M. DCCI. Avec Approbation &Privilege. The name of the translator is not given, theepistle dedicatory being signed simply with the initialsJ. L. G. However, in the same year 1701 there was pub-lished at Amsterdam a reprint of the above book, with thefollowing titl
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