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IXDEX. 



"Buddhism, its records reduced to writing, i. 375. 



the early schisms, i. 377. 



its toleration of heresy, i. 378. 



its persecution of schism, ib. 



its corruption by Brahmanisni,!. 380. 



multitudes of its priesthood, i. 384. 



restored by Prakrama Balm, i. 406. 



influence of Nestorian Christianity upon, 



i. 518n. 



Hebrews of Dekkan upon. ib. 



coincidences of, with Scripture, i. 519 n. 



its antiquity, i. 523. 



doubts whether it preceded Brahmanism, 



ib. 



authorities, ib. n. 



extent of its dominion, i. 524. 



various speculations as to Buddha, i. 



525 n. 



traced to a Jewish source, ib. 



its deadening influence on Singhalese cha- 

 racter, i. 526. 



under many shapes, i. 527. 



attempts the experiment of an atheistic 



viorality, i. 528. 



compared with Brahmanism, i. 529. 



does not recognise caste, i. 530. 



points of agreement with Brahmanism, i. 



531. 



believes in the existence of '" lohas" or 



heavens, i. 531. 



its theory of fatalism, i. 532, 533. 



theoretic beauty of its moral code, i. 534, 



535. 



a school of philosophy, i. 536. 



innovations in its ritual, with their causes, 



i. 537. 



destitute of vitality, ib. 



Singhalese ignorant of its tenets, i. 538. 



less ancient than demon-worship, i. 539. 



extremely tolerant, i. 543. 



its effect, in conjunction with demon-wor- 

 ship, in resisting the progress of Chris- 

 tianity, i. 544 546. 

 Buddhist priests, known as the " Clergy of 

 Reason" i. 543 n. 



priesthood, their present status, ii. 196. 



Buddhist temple described, ii. 144. 

 Buffalo, i. 154. Sec Mammalia. 



sporting buffaloes, i. 155. 



. albino buffalo, ib. 



Buffalo, peculiar structure of its foot, i. 156. 

 Buffon, on the elephant, ii. 384. 

 Bugs, i. 267. See Insects and Coffee-bug. 

 Buist, Dr., account of fish fallen from clouds, 



i. 226. 

 Bulbul, i. 168, 180. ^ee Birds. 

 Buliini, their vitality, i. 222. 

 Buller, C. Reginald, Introd. xxxv. 

 Bullia, curious property of, ii. 497. 

 Bullocks for draught, ii. 181. 

 Burghers, their conduct on the British conquest, 



ii. 70. 

 Burnouf, M. E., his MSS. on Ceylon, hilrod. 

 xxsvi. : their character, ii. 70. 



Burnouf, M. E., his unfinished map, i. 318, 



330 «. 

 Buttei-flies, i. 260. See Insects. 



migration of, i. 247. 



Buttressed trees, i. 91. 



Cabinet woods, i. 117. 

 Cabook. See Laterite. 

 Cadooa. See Gems. 

 Cfficilia. See Reptiles. 

 Cagots and Caqueux, ii. 190. 

 Calamander Wood, i. 118. See Trees. 

 Calomel, Singhalese preparation of, i. 479 n. 

 Calpentyn, ii. 627. 

 Caltura, ii. 139. 



iCamels, attempt to domesticate, ii. 181 n. 

 Cameron, Dr., on the climate of Ceylon, Introd. 



XXX. 



Camoens on the waterspout, i. 72 n. 



describes the Portuguese monuments, ii. 8«. 



cinnamon, ii. 10 «. 



Adam's Peak, ii. 122. 



Candite. See Spinel. 



Candolle, De, longevity of trees, ii. 613 n. 



Cannea, hot spring, i. 16 n. ; ii. 496. 



Canoes, double, i. 327n ; ii. 103. 



Capper, John, on Cinnamon, ii. 163. 



Capuas, i. 541. 



Carawilla. See Reptiles, i. 191. 



Carolina, " Spicy breezes " off the shore, \. An. 



Carpenter bee, i. 258. See Insects. 



Carriages, i. 494. 



Carving in stone, i. 483. 



Cashmir, intercourse with, i. 431 n. ; 447. 



. atmospheric phenomena, i. 73 n. 



Cassie Chitty, possible identity of" Rachi.a" and 



Arachia, i. 5, 32 n. 



note in reference to the Moors, i. 631 n. 



Tamil arrival in Ceylon, ii. 539 n. 



Cassia, ii. 163. 



Castaneda, history, ii. 4, 429. 



Caste, i. 425 ; ii. 157 n. 



its malignant influences, ii. 157. 



Catharina Donna, Queen of Kandy, ii. 19, 21. 



marries Wimala Dliarina, ii. 23. 



marries Senerat, ii. 37. 



her death, ii. 39. 



Catina-dhwana. See Priests. 



Cat's-eye. See Gems. 



Caves, the earliest temples, i. 347. See Temple. 



Cellarius, i. 10 ra. 



Centipede, i. 298. See Myriapoda and Scolo- 



pendraj. 

 Ceratoj)hora, i. 184. 

 Cerithia, ii. 455. 



probably musical, ii. 470. 



Cermatia, i. 297. 5ee Myriapoda. 

 Cetacea, i. 1 58. 



described by Megasthenes and yElian, i. 



553 ». 

 Ceylon, a subject for writers in all ages, 



Introd. xsiii. 

 want of a work on its pre.sent state, 



lb. xxiv. xsv. 



