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"olinda" (Abrus precatorius) or any other suitable seedg or 

 shells are placed in two depressions at the ends, and the players 

 have to make the circuit of the board from pit to pit along the 

 sides without occupying the same hole at one time. The player 

 who gets the seeds home first wins. 



On the end-wall of the case there are some carved wooden 

 sweetmeat pats. Hanging from the top of the case down the 

 middle is a richly embroidered silk cloth said to have been worn 

 by the wife of Molligoda, the Second Adigar of the last King of 

 Kandy. 



CASES XI. AND XIV. 



Embroidered Cloths. — The narrow wall case contains examples 

 of dress worn by the old aristocracy of the low country. 



In the centre is a hat of peculiar shape, somewhat boat-shaped, 

 called " Jagalatta Toppiya," used by Rajapakse, Chief Mndaliyar 

 of Mahabadde, 1701 a.d. 



There is also a Mudaliyar's dress sword and a sword with hilt 

 and scabbard of richly carved tortoise-shell dating from the end 

 of the 18th century, lent by Tudor Rajapakse, Esq. 



On the top shelf there are some Dutch swords. 



In the case corresponding to this on the opposite side of the 

 room (Case XIV.) some further examples of woven cloths are 

 shown, including a handsome old embroidered Kandyan betel 

 bag, which was formerly carried slung at the side from the 

 shoulder. There are also some gold embroidered Chetty costumes. 



CASE XII. 



This case contains an assortment of antique objects in brass 

 and bronze, among the more interesting of wLicli are three 

 Sinhalese water clocks ; cocoanut oil lamps ; elephant bells ; 

 karanduwas (dagabas) ; Pattini bangles, hollow armlets and 

 anklets with a slot along one side and pellets inside, used in 

 dances on festival occasions such as peraheras, in honour of 

 Pattini Deviyo, the goddess of chastity ; epaulettes, also worn by 

 dancers. 



The Sinhalese water clock is a clepsydra, consisting of a copper 

 bowl, of larger and smaller sizes, with a small pinhole in the 

 bottom and with or without silver datum marks let in at the 

 sides. The bowl is set floating in a clay water chatty, the water 

 gradually entering through the pinhole aperture until a datum 

 level is reached, and eventually the bowl sinks. In the larger 

 of the clocks shown with graduations the water reaches the 

 level of the highest datum mark in exactly forty-eight minutes. 

 The Sinhalese hour or " peya " consists of twenty-four minutes, 



