# From Adam's Peak to Elephanta

Author: Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72756

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=From+Adam%27s+Peak+to+Elephanta+Carpenter&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

COLOMBO. PAGES The Suez Canal--Port Said--Gulf of Suez--The Red Sea-- Colombo--Its streets and population--Picturesque glimpses--Tommy Atkins in a jinrickshaw--The Tamils and the Cinghalese--Costume and Character--Language and Literature--The British and the Eurasians--Social arrangements and amenities--“Spicy gales”--The coco-nut palm--A catamaran 5–25

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/24/index.md)
- [chapter VII. Owing however to former desecrations by the French (who in](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/from-adam-s-peak-to-elephanta-72756/chapters/1/index.md)