ABSTRACT
I have chosen seven main writers, two of whom visited Sri Lanka within my first wave but published in the second. John Whitchurch Bennett arrived in Sri Lanka as a civil servant in 1816 and filled various posts in the Southern Province. He was fired by the government in 1827, accused of financial mismanagement. His book, Ceylon and its Capabilities, was published in 1843, and was directed at potential emigrants. Lieutenant-Colonel James Campbell, already an experienced soldier when he arrived in Sri Lanka in 1819, was first appointed Commandant of Galle. Ill-health forced him to leave the island in 1823. Excursions, Adventures, and Field Sports in Ceylon was also published in 1843. Lieutenant De Butts served in Sri Lanka well over a decade after Campbell, between 1836 and the end of 1839. His memoirs, Rambles in Ceylon, were published soon afterwards, in 1841.
