TO ME THE BEAUTY OF CEYLON LIES NOT SO MUCH IN ITS BLUE SEAS AND GOLDEN BEACHES, ITS JUNGLES AND ITS MOUNTAIN PEAKS, AS IN ITS ANCIENT ATMOSPHERE. THERE IS NO NATION, FROM EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS TO MODERN BRITAIN, IN WHOSE LITERATURE THIS ISLAND HAS NOT AT SOME TIME MENTIONED BY ONE OR OTHER OF ITS MANY NAMES. SRI LANKA, SERENDIP, TAPROBANE, CELLAO, ZELLAN, CEYLON TO RECALL A FEW.