THE SECOND VOLUME. 



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Page 

 English look to Ceylon in 1G64 . . 65 

 Passion of Raja Singha II. to detain 



strangers 65 



Coincidence of the captivity of the 

 Theban in Palladius and Knox 



{note) 65, 66 

 English embassy in 17G3 . . .66 

 Hugh Boyd's embassy in 1782 . . GG 

 Trincomalie taken by the English and 



French 67 



England attacks the Dutch in Ceylon, 



1795 



Trincomalie taken .... 

 Colombo and the rest of the island 



taken, 1796 



Disgraceful conduct of the Dutch Go- 

 vernor .... {note) 

 Policy of Portugal and Holland con- 

 trasted 



Remains of Portuguese language and 



names .... (note) 



Fate of the Dutch inhabitants of 



Ceylon 



Ceylon governed from Madras . 

 The result a rebellion 

 Ceylon governed from home 

 Mr. North the first Governor . 

 His private letters . . (note) 



His policy 



Difficulty of reconstructing the Courts 



of Law 



Events at the Court of Kandv . 

 Storj' of the Adigar Pilame Talawe 

 His treachery and intrigues 

 Questionable policy of Mr. North 

 Mr. North's defence of his own policy 

 Travels of Lord Valentia and Mr, 

 Cordiner . . . {note) 



Designs of the Adigar disclosed 

 The embassy of 18U0 planned . 

 Mr. North's self-delusive defence 

 Failure of the embassy and its object 

 M. Joinville's account of it 



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Pape 

 Disastrous results of this policy . 81 

 Disturbances excited by the Adigar 81 

 The Duke of Wellington at Trinco- 

 malie as Colonel Wellesley {note) 81 

 Violence to British subjects . .81 

 Kandy taken by the British . . 81 

 Treaties with the new king and the 

 Adigar . . . . . .82 



The massacre of 1803 . . . 83 



Disturbances which followed . . 84 

 Insurrections in the low country . 84 

 VVonderful march of Captain John- 

 ston, 1804 .... {note) 85 



Pleasures of the Governor . . .86 

 Mr. North's secret communications 



with Kandy 86 



Character of his administration . 86 



The war of 1815, and its causes . 87 



Savage character of the king . . 87 

 Death of Pilame' Tah'i we' ... 87 

 Eheylapola made Adigar . . .87 

 Awful murder of his familj' . . 88 

 The king of Kandy mutilates British 



subjects 88 



Kandy taken by the British in 1815 . 89 

 The king deposed and banished to 



Vellore 90 



Kandy ceded to the British Crown . 90 

 Rebellion of 1817, and its causes . 90 

 Discontent of the chiefs and priests 90 

 Outbreak of rebellion . . .91 



Sufferings of the Kandyan people . 92 

 Low country Singhalese loyal . . 92 

 Fresh convention, 1818 . . .92 

 Reform of the Civil Government of 



Kandy 92 



Frequent attempts at rebellion since . 93 

 Kandyan country opened by roads . 94 

 The Kaduganawa Pass surmounted . 95 

 Civil administration since 1820 . . 95 

 Coffee cultivation in Kandy, and its 

 effect 96 



PAKT VII. 



SOUTHEEN AND CENTRAL PROVINCES. 



CHAPTER I. 



POINT DE OALLE. 



Beauty of its scenery . . .99 



Probably the ancient Tarshish . . lUO 



Double canoes 103 



Mentioned by Pliny . . . .104 



The Fort . . . . . .105 



Error of the Portuguese and Dutch 



in confounding Galle and gallus 



{note) 105 

 The Queen's House .... 105 



Its gardens 105 



The people of many nations at Galle . 105 

 Antiquity of the mode of dressing 



the ha'ir 106 



General effeminacy .... 107 



The country 107 



Dress of Singhalese females . . 107 

 Moorish dealers in gems . . . 108 

 Tortoise-shell . . . (no<e) 108 



Carved ebony 108 



The trade of the port — chiefly limited 



to the products of the coco-nut palm 109 

 Local prosperity depends on shipping 109 

 The Suria trees and their cater- 

 pillars 110 



The Native town . . . .111 

 The gardens . . . . .111 

 The jak tree described by Pliny («ofe) 111 

 Helix hemastoma . . . .112 



Belligam 112 



S>iniMa oi ihz Kustia Riiju . . .113 

 Matura .... {note) 113 



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