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Christine Kil son is descended from the dutch who settled in Ceylon nearly 300 years ago. She comes of a line of doctors, artists and writers. Her father Richard spittle ,c .M.G., F.R.C.S., is the author of several books of anthropology and travel him. She travelled in the wildest regions of Ceylon in the company of the Veddas and studied their lives. Scottish engineer, shares her love or and the study of wild life. Educated at Roedean Mrs. Wilson has contributed to numerous periodicals in Britain as well as in Ceylon and India. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.