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This book on the missionary activities in Ceylon covers the 16th and the 17th centuries. The book commences with a chapter on Ceylon and St. Xavier, and proceeds to describe the events and people note worthy during the covered period. Among the chapters the reader will find mentions of : Fr. Manoel de Moraes and Br. Antonio Dyas; the mission of Mannar; the College in Colombo; destruction of a monastery and myterdom; the mission in Jaffna; end if missions, etc. This book is a reprint of the 1941 edition