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INDEX. 



Anthelia, the phenomenon described, i. 72. 



probable orighr of the "glory" iu sacred 



paintings, ib. 

 Ant-lion, i. 252. See Insects. 

 Ants, i. 258; ii. 511. See Insects. 



red, ib. 



white. See Termites. 



their faculty in discovering food, ii. 370 ?«. 



Anthracite, i. 30, 31. 



Anula, the infamous queen, i. 377. 



Anuradopoora, i. 560 n. See Anarajapoora. 



Anurogrammum, i. 338. See Anarajapoora. 



Aqua marina. See Gems. 



Arabs, early settlement of, i. 579. 



• story to illustrate, i. 580. 



Arabian geographers, their character, i. 581. 

 Arabian Nights' Entertainment, stories derived 



from Ceylon, i. 6, 443, 596; ii. 400, 538 w. 

 Arabs and Persians possess Singhalese trade in 



time of Cosmas, i. 563. 

 Arachnidce, spiders, i. 294. 



. extraordinary webs, ib. 



olios taprobanius, i. 295. 



Mygale fasciata, ib. 



erroneously called " tarentula," ib. 



anecdote of, i. 296. 



ticks, tlieir multitude, ib. 



mites, i. 297. 



tronibidium tinctorum, ib. 



list of, i. 307. 



Arachy, of singular bravery, his horrid Atte, 



ii. 20 n. 

 Archers, i. 499. 

 Architecture, i. 478. 



no remains of domestic, ib. 



stones split by ^yedging, i. 479. 



a column from Anarajapoora, ib. 



• bricks, good, i. 480. 



monasteries and wiharas, i. 481. 



dagobas, enormous dimensions, i. 480. 



temples and their decorations, i. 488. 



cave temples, i. 489. 



public buildings, hospitals, shops, i. 493. 



of Anarajapoora, i. 494. 



Areca Palm, i. 112. See Betel. 



its nuts chewed with betel, ib. 



its wood used for pingoes, i. 114. 



Argensola, error as to bitumen in Ceylon, i. 16 «. 

 'ApyeWia, i. 569. 

 Ariosto, " perfumed breezes," i. 4 ti. 

 Aripo, the shore, ii. 559, 625. 

 Aristotle, account of fishes migrating overiaiid, 

 i. 227, 550. 



knees of the elephant, ii. 292. 



Armandi,on the use of elephants in war, ii. 380 n. 

 Arms, i. 499. 



skill of the Singhalese in making, ii. 12. 



Army and Navy, ancient, i. 498. 



Arnetivoe, ii. 476. 



Arrian. See Periplus. 



Articulata, list of, i. 307. 



Ashref, Persian writer, i. 605 7i; ii. 139 «. 



Asoca, edicts of, i. 367. 



Assoedamising, i. 26 n. See Rice-lands. 



Astronomy and astrology, i. 503. 



Athenasus, anecdotes of fishes on dry land, i. 228. 



Aukana Wihara, i. 477; ii. 606. 



Azavedo, Jerome de, his butcheries, ii. 23. 



Badulla, the town, ii. 266. 



hot spring, i. 16n.; ii. 266. 



Bailey, Mr., his minute on irrigation, i. 430. 



Baldaius, his work on Ceylon, ii. 22, 32, 42, 



his tamarind tree, ii. 535. 



Ballam, a canoe, ii. 549. 



Bamboo, rendered musical, i. 88 ». 



Bana, i. 325. See Buddha. 



Bandicoot rat, i. 150. 



Bandies bullock, ii. 180. 



Banyan tree. See Figs. 



Baobab trees, ii. 559,^627. 



Barbezieux, on the Elephant, ii. 296. 



Barbosa, his travels in Ceylon, i. 616. 



Barnes, Sir Edward, his public works, ii. 95, 

 120, 186,226, 228, 230. 



Barnsley, Corporal, his wonderful escape, ii. 83 ?i. 



Burros, De, Historical work on Ceylon, Introd. 

 xxix.; ii. 5. 



Bars at rivers. See Gobb. 



Barthema, on Cinnamon, i. 600. 



his travels in Ceylon, i. 639. 



Basaltic rocks, i. 15. 



Basses, the ancient Giridipo Islands submerged, 

 i. 7«.; ii. 628 w. 



Bathing, its importance, i. 80 «. 



Bats. See Mammalia. 



their parasite (Nycteribia), i. 161. 



Batticaloa, ii. 454. 



scenery, ii. 455. 



coco-nuts, ii. 456. 



Dutch fort, ii. 465. 



musical fish, ii. 469. 



Bears, i. 137. See Mammalia. 



charm to protect from, i. 139». 



Bees, i. 257. See Insects. 



Beetles, i. 247. See Insects. 



instincts of the scavenger beetle, ib. 



Beladori, story from, i. 580. 



Belligam, ii. 112. 



Bells in Ceylon in second century B.C., ii. 140 n. 



Bennett's account of Ceylon, 1845, Introd. xsvi, 



work on its Ichthyology, i. 202. 



Bentotte, ii. 129. 



oysters at, ib. 



Bertulacci, A., his \\ ork on Ceylon, 1817, Introd. 

 xxiv. 



his error as to Mantotte, i. 587. 



on form of chank shell, ii. 557 n. 



Betel, the habit of chewing based on utility, 

 i. 112. 



its medicinal uses, i. 113. 



mode in which it is taken, ib. 



antiquity of the custom, i. 114, 439. 



mentioned by Massoudi in Xth century, 



i. 114. 



mentioned by Ibn Batuta in 1332, ib. 



Bhuwaneka VII. places his son under the pro- 

 lection of Portugal, ii. 14. 



