Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Works of Hugh Boyd, Vol. 2: The Author of the Letters of Junius; With an Account of His Life and Writings 3 full and accurate account of their civil government, laws, and policy, is now the more deeply to be regretted, as our recent conquefi of all the Dutch polleflions in Cey lon, has rendered that renowned and valu able ifland, and the extraordinary character of its inhabitants, objeets of infinite and in fiant importance to the commercial and political interefis of Britilh India. Thele objects will, doubtlefs, be attended to by the wifdom of our councils; and they are likely to be well pourtray'ed and developed, by the lucid and penetrating mind of the gentle man, who at prefent governs our territories in this illand. 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.