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 Z)o«<fera and its temples . . .113 

 Tangalle and Hambangtofte . .Ill 



Fire flies 115 



A dinner at Galle . . (note) 115 

 Mosquitoes the "plague of Egypt" 



(note) 115 

 The harbour of Galle . . . IIC 



Theory of the tides around Cevlon 



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CHAP. II. 



GALLE TO COLOSinO. 



Galle and Colombo mail . . .120 

 The roads of Cejion . . . .121 

 Beauty of the Galle road . . .122 

 View of Adam's Peak . . . 122 

 Houses of the villagers . . . 123 

 The Chalias and their origin . . 123 

 The coco- nut palm .... 124 

 Its prodigious numbers at Galle . 124 

 Its " hundred uses " . . . . 125 

 Won't grow out of sound of the hu- 

 man voice 125 



Extent of coco-nut cultivation (note) 125 



Coco de nier 126 



Curry spoken of by Ibn Batuta (note) 126 

 Hiccode . . . . . .127 



" Coir," origin of the word (note) 127 



Amblangodde, coral .... 127 



Cosgodde, anecdote . . . .128 



Bentntte, oysters .... 129 



The Fisher caste .... 129 



The fish-tax 130 



Adam's Peak ..... 132 

 Worship of the sun .... 132 

 A'arious traditions .... 133 



the Footstep of St. Thomas (note) 133 



of Buddha. . . (note) 133 



of Adam (Mahometan) . . 134 



The Gnostics authors o ' last . ,135 

 The first Mahometan pilgrims . . 136 

 The route to the summit . . . 137 

 The Iron Chains . . . .138 

 Elephants visit the summit (note) 139 



The Footstep 140 



The View 141 



The descent to Caltura by water . 142 



Caltura 142 



Pantura ...... 143 



Canals ...... 143 



Morottii 143 



Mount Lavinia 144 



Gal/tisse — the temple . . . 145 



Approach to Colombo . . . 146 



The Galle Face 146 



Queen's House '147 



Note on the fish-tax . . . 148, 149 



CHAP. III. 



COLOMRO. 



Town, modern .... 

 The " Jovis Extremum " of Ptolemy 

 Origin of the name " Colombo " 

 The Colombo Lake or " Gobb " . 

 Country houses in the suburbs . 



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 Annoyances from reptiles . . .153 

 Destruction of books by insects -. 154 



The fish insect 154 



The plague of flies .... 155 

 Various races inhabiting Colombo . 156 

 The Dutch descendants . . .156 

 Caste, and its malignant influence . 157 

 European society at Colombo . . 158 

 Expense of living .... 159 

 Curious efiects of the Pinguicula vul- 

 garis .... (note) 159 

 Fruit at Colombo . . . .160 

 Shops in the Native Town . .160 

 Interior of a Native house. . . 160 

 The soap-nut and the marking- 

 nut .... (note) 160 

 Houses of the chiefs . . • . 161 

 Dinner with Maha-Moodliar . . 161 

 The Cinnamon Gardens . . .161 

 Decline of the trade in cinnamon . 161 

 Its present state .... 163 

 Dangerous harbour and roadstead . 165 

 Elie house and gardens . . . 166 



CHAP. IV. 



THE CEYLON GOVERNMENT, REVENUE, 

 AND ESTABLISHJIENTS. 



THE COI.'NTRY FROM COLOMBO TO 

 K.VNDY. 



The governor and his councils . 



Sources of public revenue . (note) 



The pearl fishery 



The monopoly of salt and arrack 



Unwise tax upon rice 



Its demoralizing effects . (note) 



Tolls on bridges and ferries 



Expenditure on establishments (note) 



The Civil Service and its efficiency 



Causes of its former decline (note) 



Reforms of the Earl of Derby . 



The Maldive ambassador . 



The weather at Colombo, in March 



The superstition of '' the evil eye " 



Cruelty to animals 



Turtle sold alive piece-meal 



Ancient temple of Kalamj 



Sita-wacca and Ruanwelle (note) 



The road from Colombo to Kandy 



The bullocks of Cej'lon 



" Tavalams " . . . . 



Camels tried to be domesticated (note) 



Veangodde ..... 



Don Solomon Dias 



Ambepusse ..... 



White monke3^s . . (note) 



The Kandyan peasantry . 



A juggler'. . . ' . 



Diodorus Siculus' account of the Sin- 

 ghalese jugglers . . (note) 



The Kaduganawa Pass 



The Kodiyas — their inhuman degra- 

 dation 



The Cagots of the Pyrenees 



Entrance to Kandv .... 



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