... that yearEngland supplanted Holland, and in 1815 she secured control of the entire island by overthrowing theKandyan kingdom, for a long time confining European invasion to the island's seaboard. ... a manduck, who ran his tackle and watched over his interests with jealous care both in and out of the water. Besides the manducks, every boathad numerous sailors, food- and water-servers, and ... incomparable island of palms, pearls, and elephants; and every waggish shipmate haunts smoke room and ladies' saloon waiting for the opportunityto point out the lighthouse on Minecoy Island in the...