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She walked ceaselessly up and down uttering little unhappy noises, 
and continually trying to grip the smooth uncompromising stone 
‘with her trunk, which was quite worn and torn by constant beating 
on the rock. Sometimes she got wedged into the narrow end, and 
with her feet against one wall and her back against the other tried to 
climb out. Occasionally she would succeed in rising a foot or two 
but always to fall back again more angry and miserable than before. 
By this climbing process her rump had become quite worn and sore. 
Although, judging by the droppings of the herd, she had been four 
or five days in captivity, she was no whit sobered, but charged to the 
end of her prison whenever I approached. 
Any branches [ gave her for food were immediately trampled 
under foot. Some attempt was made by the Ratemahatmaya to 
get her out, but after some ten or twelve days’ captivity she died. 
JOHN STILL. 
Anuradhapura, August 9, 1906. 

3. Eagle's Nest at Peradeniya.—On April 10 I noticed a large 
nest composed of coarse sticks placed on the extreme top of a 
Bombax tree in the Botanic Gardens here. The tree was quite 
leafless, and the bird, an eagle of sorts, was perched on the edge of 
the nest. I believe the bird to be Spizactus ceylonensis (the smaller 
crested eagle), examples of which have been seen about the Gardens 
not infrequently. I was rather surprised at the very open and 
conspicuous situation of the nest, but a fortnight later it was entirely 
concealed by the new growth of foliage. It seems probable that 
the site was chosen while the tree was in full leaf, the subsequent 
seasonal fall of leaf exposing the structure for a short time. 
E. E. GREEN. 
Peradeniya, June 19, 1906. 
4. A Copy of the ‘‘ Mahawansa” in Cambodian Characters.— 
Ola manuscript C 7 of the Colombo Museum, being a copy of the 
Mahawansa in 13 parts in Cambodian characters,* was recently 
lent to Professor Geiger of Erlangen University for the purpose of 
compiling his critical edition of the older portion of the Mahawansa. 
* Presented by the British Consul at Bangkok,Colombo Museum Catalogue 
of Manuscripts, 1901, p. 17. 

