INDEX. 



Abhayagiri dao;oba, i. 347 n. 



Aborigines of Ceylon, probably from the 



Dekkan, i. 328. 



erroneously said to be from China, i. 327 n. 



evidence in their language, 1. 328. 



evidence in their superstitions, i. 330. 



Yakkos demon worshippers, i. 331. 



Nagas serpent worshippers, i. 331. 



their treatment by Wijayo, i. 369. 



their forced labour, i. 369. 



they retire into the forests, i. 372. 



progenitors of the modern Veddahs, i. 373. 



Aboulfeda, i. 9. 



Abouzeyd, the geographer, i. 46, 582. 



his account of Ceylon, i. 584, 586. 



describes the Gobbs of Ceylon, i. 47 «. 



Abu Abdallah institutes the pilgrimage to Adam's 



Peak, i. 583, 584 n; ii. 136. 

 Acalephm^ \-2A(). 5ee Kadiata. 

 Acherontia Sathanas, i. 264. 

 Adam's Bridge, its geologic formation, i. 13?;.; 



ii. 553. 



Hindu legend of Rama, ii. 554. 



Adam's Peak, described by the Chinese, i. 609 n. 

 traditions respecting Alexander the Great, 



i. 604. 



pilgrimage instituted, i. 584 m. 



scenery of the mountain, ii. 123, 133. 



• remnant of nature-worship, ii. 133 rt. 



worshipped by numerous races, ib. 



Sri-pada, the sacred footstep, ib. 



various traditions, ii. 133. 



footstep of St. Thomas, ib. n. 



of Buddha and Adam, ib., ii. 134. 



its extreme antiquity, ii. 134. 



its Gnostic origin, ii. 137. 



the iron chains and their legend, ii. 139. 



elephants on the summit, ii. 139 n. 



Administrative reform for Ceylon, ii. 172. 



Adularia. See Gems. 



jElian, description of Ceylon, i. 553 n. 



of Ceylon tortoises, i. 190. 



of the elephant, ii. 278, 380, 402. 



jEolian harp, i. 470. 



iEstivation, i. 220. See Fishes. 



Agathemerus' error as to the size of Ceylon, i. 9, 



562. 

 Agriculture, its introduction inti Ceylon, i. 338. 



unknown before Wijavo's arrival, i. 429. 



■ teachers of practice and science of irrisra- 



tion, i. 430, 431 n. 



Agriculture, unwise British policy in regard to, 



ii. 170, 171 n. 

 'A\afiav5au6y, i. 545 n. 

 Albateny, Arabian geographer, i. 594. 

 Albyrouni, Arabian geographer, i. 1 n, 47 n. 



describes the Veddahs, i. 593. 



the hair of the Singhalese, ii. 107. 



Alexander the Great, companions of, bring the 



earliest accounts of Ceylon to Europe, i. 549. 

 Almeida, Manoel de, on burying fishes, i. 219 »i. 

 Alia-Parte, Major Skinner's survey of, i. 383 n. 

 Almeyda, Don Francesco, visits Galle, ii. 7. 

 Al-rahoun, Arab name for Adam's Peak, ii. 136. 

 Altitudes of mountains, i. 15. 

 Alu Wihara, i. 375; ii. 573. 

 Ahvis, J. de, translation of Sidath Sangara, 

 Introd. xxxvi. 



observations on cinnamon, i. 602, 603 n. 



on Singhalese knowledge of lightnjng, 



i. 509 n. 

 Ambatteyos, ii. 269. 

 Ambepusse, ii. 183. 

 Ambrosius, St., mentions Ceylnn in his tract 



" De Moribus Brachmanorum,' i. 562 »». 

 Amethysts. See Gems. 

 Ammianus Marcellinus, i. 557 re. 

 Anabas, i. 216. 



Daldorf 's account of, doubted, i. 216. 



accidents from, i. 217/*. 



Analitivoe, ii. 549. 

 Anarajapoora built, i. 338. 



exaggerations as to its size, i. 383. 



its condition in the fifth century, i. 493. 



its present state, ii. 610. 



Brazen Palace, ii. 611. 



Bo-tree, ii. 612. 



tomb of Elala, ii. 619. 



dagobas, ii. 620. 



wild animals, ii. 623. 



Andrews, ]\Ir., liis disastrous government of 



Ceylon, ii. 172. 

 'ArSpotrrdxoj', i. 569. 



Angelbeck, Van, mystery concerning, iu 68 n. 

 Angling bad in Ceylon, i. 208 n, 210. 



accidents, i. 217. 



Animal life in the forest, i. 251. 

 AnneUda, leeches, i. 301. 



land- leech, its varieties, i. 302. ib. n. 



its teeth and eyes, ib. n. 



its tormenting bite, i. 303. 



list of, i. 308. 



