THE SECOND VOLUME. 



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Singular scene 503 



Tlie embankment and sluices . 504, 505 

 Extraordinary view .... 506 

 Wild animals ..... 506 

 Obscure origin of the tank . . 507 

 The IVanny and its history . . 508 

 An attack by ants .... 512 

 Singular tameness of game . . 512 

 Houses of the Tamil peasantry. . 513 

 Adventure with a crocodile . . 514 

 The fort of il[/(;e/efii;oe . . .515 

 Crocodiles 516 



CHAP. VI. 



THE PENINSULA OF JAFFNA. — THE 

 PALMYRA PALM. — THE TAMILS. 



The "Eleph.nnt Pass" . . .517 

 Pass Beschuter . . . {note) 517 

 Geologic formation of Jaffna . . 518 

 The palmyra palm . . . .519 



INIarriage of the palnnra and the 



banyan 520 



Tamil poem on the palmyra . .521 

 Fallacy of Kumpliius . (note) 521 



Economic uses of the palmyra . . 522 

 Animals frequenting the tree . . 523 

 Method of collecting the juice . . 52-1 

 IManufocture of palmyra sugar . . 52-1 



The ripe fruit 525 



" Poonatoo " 525 



The " kelingoo " . . . . 525 

 Timber of the palmyra . . . 526 

 The leaves and their uses . . . 527 



"Olas" 527 



Coco-nut plantations of Jaffna . . 528 



Mode of culture 528 



Destruction by beetles . , . 530 

 Other fruit trees of Jaffna . . .531 

 Ingenious system of cultivation . 531 



Cattle and their peculiarities . . 531 

 Wells and irrigation .... 533 



Tobacco 634 



Point Pedro ..... 535 

 The tamarind tree of Ealdanis . . 535 



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Costume of the Tamil females . . 536 

 The extraordinary well of Potoor . 536 

 Jaffna — the suburbs . . . 636, 537 

 Cultivation of the vine . . . 538 

 The Tamils — their origin in Cej'lon . 539 

 Their rise and former power (note) 539 

 Their subjugation by Portugal . . 540 

 The town and fort of Jaffna . . 541 

 Arts and employments of the people. 542 



Oil crushing 542 



The vices of the Tamils . . . 544 

 Their superstitions .... 645 

 An extraordinary murder . . . 545 

 Comparative state of crime in Ceylon 547 



CHAP. YJI. 

 Adam's bp.idge and the islands. — 

 the pearl fishery. 

 Kayts, Hammaniel, and Donna Clara 

 (note) 

 Delft, "the Island of the Sun " . 

 The breed of horses in Delft 

 The use of the " lasso " 

 Pamisei-am — the great temple 

 The Pan m bam Passage 

 Adam's liridge . 

 The legend of its formation 

 The coral groves 

 Manaar .... 

 Its ancient importance 

 Choya root 

 Chank shells 



The " tripang," or bkho de mar 

 The Dugong .... 

 Origin of the fable of the Mermaid 

 The baobab trees at Manaar 

 The pearl fishery 

 The beach at Aripo . 

 Enormous accumulations of shells 

 Disappearances of the pearl oyster 

 Investigations of Dr. Kelaart . 

 The pearl divers and their customs 

 Exaggerated stories of their powers 

 Shark charmers .... 

 Return to Colombo . 



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PART X. 



THE RUINED CITIES. 



CHAPTER I. 



SIGini AND POLLANARRUA. 



S3'mptoms of rebellion and the causes 5C9 

 Author's visits to the north in con- 

 sequence 670 



The village of the Gahalayas . .571 

 Scenery around Matelle . . . 572 

 Matelle and its antiquity . . . 272 

 Ornamental arts of its inhabitants . 572 

 The Alu Wihara . . . .573 

 Country to Nalande .... 574 



Mistakes relative to bridges in Ceylon 574 

 The Sea of Prakrama . . ' . 675 

 Dambool — the rock .... 575 

 The temple .... 576, 577 

 'Jhe parricide king .... 579 

 Sicjiri — the rock fortress . . . 579 

 The ruins ... . . 580 



Devil-dancers 581 



Extraordinary view .... 581 

 Curious custom of antiquity . (note) 582 

 Distances measured by sounds . . 682 

 Singhalese names for davs of the 

 ■week ..." (note) 582 



