Ceylon and China

But, secondly, as to Ceylon being the local representative of Paradise, we may say, as the courteous Frenchman did to Dr. Moore upon the Doctor’s apologetically remarking of a word which he had used, that he feared it was not good French - ‘ Non, Monsieur, il ne l'est pas; mais il mrite bien de l'tre.’ Certainly, if Ceylon was not, at least it ought to have been, Paradise; for at this day there is no place on earth which better supports the paradisiacal character.