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INDEX. 



Coco-nut palm, fondness for the sea, i. 51. 



belief that it only grows near human 



dwellings, i. 119. 

 doubts as to the period of its introduction, 



i. 436. 

 earliest notice of in the Mahawanso, i. 



436 w. 



described by JElian, i. 563. 



ship built and freighted with it, ii. 109. 



abundance in Ceylon, ii. 125. 



its value and uses, i. 109 n. \ ii. 125. 



plantations at Batticaloa, ii. 456. 



— plantations at Jaffna, ii. 458, 528. 



mode of cultivating, ii. 529. 



Coco-nut beetle, i. 250. 



Codex Alexandrinus. See Septuagint. 

 Coffee, introduced from Arabia, ii. 55, 224. 



cultivated by the Dutch, ii. 55, 225. 



by Sir Edward Barnes, ii. 226. 



progress of the speculation, ii. 227. 



the mania in 1844, ii. 228. 



the crisis of 1845, ii. 229. 



recovery in 1847, ii. 250. 



difficulty regarding labour, ii. 231. 



accidents from rats, &c., ii. 232, 243. 



the coffee bug, ib. 



— — statistics of coffee planting, ii. 233. 

 prospects for the future, ii. 235. 



Coff'ee bug, ii. 243. -See Coffee. 



Coffee plantations, list of, ii. 238. 



Coffee rat, i. 149. 



Coin of Lillawattie, i. 412. 



Coins, Singhalese, i. 461, 462, ib. n. 



Roman, discovery of, in Ceylon, ii. 539 n. 



Coir, derivation of the term, ii. 175. 



Colombo, climate, rain, &c., i. 68. 



occupied by the Portuguese, a.d. 1517, 



ii. 5. 



fortified by them, ii. 8, 10. 



. besieged by the Singhalese, ii. 10. 



. siege by Eaja Singha, ii. 19. [27. 



. its condition under the Portuguese, ii. 



captured by the Britisli, ii. 68. 



modern town, its fortifications, ii. 151. 



the Pettah, ii. 151. 



origin of the word Colombo, ii. 152. 



suburbs of Colpetty, ii. 153. 



European houses, ii. 153. 



reptiles troublesome in, ii. 153. 



plague of insects and files, ii. 154, 155. 



classes of the population, ii. 157. 



English society, ii. 158. 



cost of living, ii. 158. 



Colpetty, ii. 153. See Colombo. 



Coniboy, derivation of the word, i. 612; ii. 107. 



Commerce, early trade entirely in hands of 

 strangers, i. 440. 



indifference to, still prevailing, i. 441, 592. 



foreign mentioned B.C. 204, i. 444. 



internal traffic, i. 445, 490, ib. n. 



early imports, horses, silk, &c., i. 446, 570. 



early cxjiorts, cliiefly gems, i. 445. 



Commerce, Edrisi's account of, in 12th century, 



i. 448, ib. n. 



exports of elephants, i. 570. 



Galle, the seat of ancient, i. 584. 



habits of Veddabs in barter, &c., i. 593. 



early with China, ib. 



Colombo the present seat of, ii. 165. 



reasons for choosing Trincomalie, ii. 166, 



487 — 491. 



objections to, ii. 490, 491. 



Conchology. See Shells. 



Conti, Nicolo di, on cinnamon, i. 600 n. 



his travels, i. 637 ; ii. 6. 



first European who mentions cinnamon, 



i. 638. 

 ConvohTilus, goat's-foot, ii. 146. 

 Cooley, W. D., Introd. xxxvi. 



on the errors of Ptolemy, i. 559 n. 



his notices of the Cinnamon Region, 



i. 601 n. 

 Coolness of fruit, i. 120. 



how produced, i. 121, 122. 



Cooroowe, elephant catchers, ii. 382. 

 Coral formations, i. 19; ii. 554. 



principally at Jaffna and on W. coast, ib. 



wells in the coral rock, i. 20. 



well of Potoor, ib. 



well of Tillipalli, ib. 



doubts as to Darwin's theory of wells in 



coral, i. 21 n. 



wells of Jaffna generally, ib. 



probably filled by filtration from the sea, 



ib. 



red, ii. 659. 



Cordiner's account of Ceylon, 1817, /n<ro(^.xxiv. ; 



ii. 77, 79, 83, 86 n. 

 Corral for taking elephants, ii. 443. 

 Corsali on cinnamon, i. 600 «. 

 Cosgodde, anecdote of, ii. 129. 

 Cosmas Indicopleustes, his account of Ceylon, 



i. 562, 566. 



identifies Ceylon as Taprobane, i. 10?;. 



his reference to chanks at Slarallo, ii. 



129 M., 580 n. 

 Costumes of Galle, ii. 105. 



Singhalese, ii. 105. 



Cotta, a modern capital, ii. 11. 



dismantled, ii. 17. 



Cottiar fortified by the Dutch, ii. 38. 



depressed stiite, ii. 477. 



Cotton cloths from China, i. 612. 



tree-cotton. See Imbul. 



cultivated in Ceylon, ii. 55. 



Couto, de, work on Ceylon, Introd. xxix. ; ii. 4. 



Cow-plant, error regarding, i. 101m. 



Crabs. See Crustacea. 



Cripps, G. H., Ceylon Civil Service, Introd. 



XXXV.; ii.390. 

 Crocodiles, i. 186. &e Reptiles. 

 habit of the crocodile to bury itself in the 



mud, i. 187. 

 its flesh eaten, i. 187 n. 



