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Sanchi, 167 

 Sandalwood stone, 176 

 Sandpipers, 55, 60, 112 

 Sangha Raja, 166 

 Sanni Yaka, 171 

 Scent sprays (ivory), 166 

 Seed pearls, 199 

 Sembian-aar, 234 

 Sembianar Vilangu, 43 



Motuaram, 43 



Senkadagala, 296 



Sequins, 183 



Seven korales — flag of, 167 



Seven sisters, 95 



Shahin, 56 



Shama, 58 



Shark-fishing, 169 



Shield (buifalo hide), 165 



Shrikes, 59, 66, 97, 98 



Sigiriya, 154 



Sigiriya Frescoes, 189, 190 



Sigiriya — snakes in, 305 



Singing fish, 150 



Sinhalese (iron and steel), 147-148 



toy, 147 



Sinna Vellaikalnimiai, 43 



Sipmiculids, 33, 35, 40 



Siva Kami, 160, 161, 162 



Sivali Y antra, 186 



Sividi, 166 



Skanda, 187 



Smith caste, 165 



Snake-bird, 61 



Snake-bite, treatment of, 120-121 



Snakes — how they swallow, 305-306 



Snakes in Ceylon — distribution of, 



304-305 

 Snakes, venom of, 116-121 

 Snakes — vibration of tails, 67 

 Snipe, 113 



Solar dynastry (Ceylon), 167 

 Sparrows, 100, 101 

 Spatangoids, 34, 35 

 Spears, 163 



Spectacle cases of ivory, 166 

 Spermaceti, 53 

 Sphingids, 67 

 Spider (mimetic), 92-93 

 Spittoons, 184 

 Sponges, 30, 32-40, 133 

 Spoon racks, 176 

 Spur fowls, 70 

 Steel, 147-148 

 Steel implements, 184 

 Stints, 55, 60 

 Stomatopods, 32 

 Stone antiquities m grounds, 193, 



194 

 Stone gallery — Colombo Museum, 154- 



157 

 Stuivers, 182 



Stylus, 164 * 



Sumana, 187 

 Sun birds, 103 

 Sundara Murti Swami, 161 

 Suniyan-kepima, 171 

 Sm-iya (the Sun god), 161 

 Svastika, 160 

 Swallows, 58, 66, 98, 101 

 Swifts, 57, 107, 108 



Swords, 164 

 Syringes (ivory), 166 



Tailor-bird (Indian), 97, 300-302 



Talagoya, 65, 70 



Talaimanaar, 52 



TaU, 180 



Tamankaduwa — flag of, 167 



Tamblegam, 223 



Tamblegam fisheries, 226 



Tamblegam lake — survey of, 41-51 



Tamil jewellery, 180 



Tammettan, 172 



Tapeworm in pearl oyster, 212 



Tebuwana, 307 



Teredo, 68 



Termites (Ceylon), 277-284 



Terns, 61, 113 



Threadworm (parasitic) in butterfly, 



139 

 Three korales — flag of, 168 

 Thrips, 71 

 Thrushes, 58 

 Tickell's Flower-pecker 

 Tiru-gnana Sambandha Svami, 160 

 Tiru-Navukarasu, 160, 161 

 Tissamaharama, 303 



slab, 158 



snake in, 305 



Titmouse, 95 



Tobacco boxes, 175, 184 



Toddy, 174 



Todu, 180 



Toluwela Buddha, 193 



Tortoise (pond), 134 



Toy (Smhalese), 147 



Tree (curious), 140 



Trepang fishery, 31 



Trilingual stone (Galle), 122-132, 159 



Trincomalee fisheries, 30-40 



fishes, 62-64 



Harbour — biology of, 30- 



40 

 Trincomalee — snakes in, 305 

 Tropic birds (white), 114 

 Tmi korale— flag of, 168 

 Turbellarians, 40 

 Tiu-nstone, 111 



Udapalata, flag of, 167 

 Udekkiya, 171 

 Udugama — snakes in, 305 

 Udimuwara Dissavoni — flag of, 168 

 Urumutta, 142 

 Uva— flag of, 167 



Veddahs, models of, 175, 184 



Velapatkade, 186 



Vefliya, 178 



Vidane, 297 



Vidiye Bandara, King, 170 



Vipers (Pit), 67 



Vishnu, 187 



Voles, 287 



Votive tablets, 187 



Was Dandu, 172 

 Wadduwa — snakes in, 305 

 Wagtails, 65, 58, 66, 101 

 Warbler, 97 



