INDEX. 



641 



Bbuwaneka VII., coronation of the child at Lis- 

 bon, ii. 15. 



Bintenne, road to, from Kandj, ii. 415. 



ancient city, ii. 419. 



dagoba, ii. 421. 



Birds of Ceylon, i. 1G3. 



tlieir number and character, ib. 



few songsters, i. 1 64. 



pea-fowl, i. 165. 



eagles and hawks, i. 166. 



owls, devil bird, i. 167- 



swallows, i. 167. 



edible birds' nests, ib. 



• kingfisher, sun birds, i. 1 68. 



bulbul, tailor bird, weaver bird, i. 169. 



crows, anecdotes of, i. 1 70. A 



parroquets, i. 172. 



pigeons, i. 173. 



jungle -fowl, i. 174. 



grallm, flamingoes, i. 175. 



list of Ceylon birds, i. 177. 



Birds' nests, edii)le, i. 167. 



BicrdSfs, ii. 439 n. 



Bisse, Sir Edward, edits Ambrose Tract, i. 563 ra. 



Bissett, the Rev. G., probable author of " I'liila- 

 lethes' History of Ceylon, IS17 " hitrod. xxiv. 



Bitumen, error of Argensola, i. 16«. 



Boats, i, 401. 



Bochart, correct as to Ceylon being Taprobane, 

 i. lOw. 



Bolinus, i. 605 n. 



Bonduc, siliceous seeds of, i. 105. 



Books, written on palm-leaves, i. 513. 



Buschouwer, Marcellus de, his story, ii. 38. 



Botanic Garden, ii. 207. See Peradenia. 



• value of, ii. 208. 



Botany, i. 83. See Vegetation. 



plants of sand formation,!. 48-52. 



rarity of deciduous trees, i. 56 n. 



flora of the island of a Malayan type, i. 83. 



its extent, ib. n. 



authors who have treated of the botany of 



Ceylon, i. 84, 85 n. 



■ Ceylon flora diflerent from that of India, 



i. 84. 



plants flourishing on the coast, i. 83. 



hill plants, i. 89. 



European fruit-trees changed to ever- 

 greens, i. 89. 



Mr. Dyke's experiment on the vine, ib. 



flowering trees, i. 93. 



Banyan tree, i. 95, 97. 



marriage of fig-tree and palm, i. 96. 



climbing plants and epiphytes, i. 102-106. 



ground creepers, i. 106, 107. 



thorny plants, i. 107. 



water plants, i. 122. 



ancient, i. 505. 



Bo-tree, the sacred, i. 97, 342. 



planted 288 n.c, i. 341 ; ii. 611. 



its extreme age, ii. 614. 



evidences of its identity, ii. 631. 



Bow. See Archers. 



Boyd, Hugh, his embassy to Ceylon, ii. 67. 

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Brahmanism, speculations as to its superior au- 



ticjuity, i. 523, 525, ib. n. 



triumphs over Buddhism, i. 525. 



compared with Buddhism, i. 529, 531. 



Brazen Palace, built, i. 355, 483 n. 



its vicissitudes, i. 356. 



its present condition, ii. 611. 



Breccia, gems embedded in, i. 19. 

 Breezes. See Spicy Breezes. 

 Bridges, rare at the present day, i. 43. 



none in early ages, i. 466. 



should be made before roads, ii. 122; 



ii. 574. 

 British subject, first, who visited Ceylon, ii. 36. 



ship, first seen in Ceylon, ii. 64. 



attack the Dutch, ii. 67. 



take the island, ii. 67, 68. 



rebellion and massacre of 1803, ii. 83. 



war of 1815, and its causes, ii. 87. 



take Kandy, ii. 89. 



rebellion of 1817, and its causes, ii. 90. 



conduct of chiefs and priests, ib. 



frequent attempts at rebellion since, ii. 93. 



open up Kandyan country by roads, ii. 94. 



administration since 1820, ii. 95. 



effect of British rule upon the people, ii. 



96. 



attempt at rebellion in 1848, ii. 569. 



cause, the fiscal policy of Viscount Tor- 



rington, ii. 570. 

 impolicy of import tax upon food, and cul- 

 tivation tax upon grain, ii. 1 70 ii. 

 Brooke, Mr. ascends the Slahawelli-ganga, ii. 



425. 

 Brown, Sir Thomas, Vulgar Errors, ii. 292. 

 Brownrigg, General, his government, ii. 93. 

 Buddha, the theory of a, i. 325. 



bana, the " word," ib. 



dharma, "faith," ib. 



Gotama Buddha, his life, i. 326. 



he visits Ceylon, i. 327. 



said to have been a negro, i. 475 n. 



why worshipped and reverenced, i. 528, 



529. 

 as a deification of human intellect, i. 530. 



hence caste disregarded, ib. 



fatalism exists in his doctrines, i. 532, 



533. 



doctrine of metempsychosis, ib. 



came as a friend and adviser of man, i. 



533. 

 moral and social effects of his worship, i. 



533 539. 

 Buddha rays, the phenomenon described, i. 74. 

 Buddhism, its vast extension, i. 326 n. 



its introduction into Ceylon, i. 327. 



its establishment by Mahindo, i. 339. 



its influence on civilisation, i. 360, 525- 



527. 



cultivation, i. 365. 



horticulture, i. 367. 



iriigation, i. 365. 



its possessions, i. 366. 



its priests are allowed rnjalariya, i. 365. 



