INDEX. 



645 



Crocodiles, tbeir vitality, i. 188. 



one killed at Batticaloa, ii. 467. 



one tickled, ii. 515. 



Crown lands, their rajjid sale, ii. 228 n. 

 Crowther, description of Galle-pada-hulla pass, 



ii. 422 n. 

 Crows, i. 170. See Birds. 

 Crustacea, calling crabs, i. 300. 



Sand crabs, (ocypode), i. 300; ii. 153 n. 



Painted crabs, i. 301. 



Paddling crabs, ih. 



Henriit crabs, ib. 



Pea crabs, ib. 



List of Ceylon Crustacea, i. 307. 



Cruelty to animals, turtle, &c., i. 177. 

 Cruzado, value of, ii. 29 n. 

 Cte.sias speaks of the spicy breezes of India, i. 4n. 

 Cuba, " spicy breezes" off the shore, i. 4 n. 



explained by Poeppig, «'&. 



Cutchavelly, petrified crustacea, i. 14 n.\ ii. 497. 

 Cufic inscription at Colombo, ii. 132. 

 Currents, their direction round Ceylon, i. 43. 

 Curry, not a Portuguese word, i. 77; ii. 437 n. 

 Cuvier on the elephant, ii. 284, 320. 



Dadambo thorn, i. 107. 



Dagana, probably equivalent to dagoba, ii. 113ra. 



Dagoba, a relic shrine, i. 344. 



their enormous size in Ceylon, ib. 



their form and structure, i. 346, 480. 



the Thuparama, the first, i. 347. 



. mode of building a dagoba, i. 480. 



the Alu-wihara, ii. 573. 



the Rankot, ii. 590. 



Jayta-wana-rama, ii. 591. 



Kiri, ii. 594. 



Ambustella and Et-wihara, ii. 608. 



. ^lirisiwettye, ii. 619. 



■ Ruanwelle', ii. 620. 



Abhayagiri, ii. 621. 



Thuparama, ii. 622. 



Dalada, " the sacred tooth," i. 384. 



its history and arrival in Ceylon, i. 388. 



■ removed to Kandy, i. 414. 



captured by the Portuguese, ii. 29. 



destroyed at Goa, ii. 197. 



the present tooth spurious, ii. 198. 



story of the deception, ii. 199, 211. 



the modern shrine, ii. 201. 



the Malagawa, ii. 589, 622. 



Daldorf's account of climbing fish, i. 26. 



his story doubted, ib. 



Damask weaving, ii. 458. 



Dambool, the Great Temple, ii. 575. 



Damilos, i. 394. See Tamils. 



Daniel, the prophet, regarded as identical with 



Buddha, i. 525 n. 

 Darwin, his theory of coral wells examined, 



i. 21 n., 22 «., 23 n. 

 Davie, Major, massacre of his troops, ii. 83. 

 Davis, Sir John, states that the Chinese Budd- 



liists worship the Queen of Heaven, i. 530 n. 



Davy, Dr. John, account of the interior of Cey- 

 lon, 1821, Introd. xxiv. 



describes the reptiles of Ceylon, Ib. xxsii. 



sketch of geologj- of Ceylon, i. 18 n. 



stimulates study of natural histor)', i. 127. 



describes the murder of Eheylapola's fa- 

 mily, ii. 87, 88. 



remarks on poison of Ceylon scorpion, 



ii. 205 n. 



description of ceremonial at sacred foot- 

 step, ii. 224 n. 



on the obsequies of kings, ii. 197 n. 



Dawson, Captain, his monument, ii. 187. 



Day in the jungle, ii. 250. 



Dederoo Ova. See Rivers. 



Deer, i. 156. 



Ceylon elk, ib. 



milk-white, i. 157 n. 



Delft, the Island of the Sun, ii. 549. 



Demon-worshipjitsoriginand antiquity ,1.538,539. 



its nature and rites, i. 540-542. 



effect of, conjoined to Buddhism, in resist- 

 ing Christianity, i. 542-546. 



De Quincey, ii. 222. 



Devil-bird, i. 167. See Owls. 



Devil-dance, ii. 580. 



Dewales, Hindu, i. 380. 



in connexion with Buddhist temples, ii. 145. 



Dhatu Sena murdered by his son, i. 389. 



Diamond not found in Ceylon, i. 39. 



Dias, Don Solomon, ii. 182. 



Dicuil on the elephant, ii. 294. 



Dinner, a Singhalese, ii. 161. 



Diodorus Siculus. See Jambulus. 



the "spicy breezes" of India, i. 4tt. 



ventriloquism, ii. 185. 



Dionysius Periegetes, i. 570. 



Distillation, i. 439. 



Dogs, i. 35. 



Don, the title sold cheap, ii. 71, ib. n. 



Dondera Temple, ii. 113. 



its destruction, ii. 114. 



Donna Clara Island, ii. 549. 



Donne on the elephant, ii. 296. 



Dragon-flies, i. 252. See Insects. 



Dress as it affects health, i. 8 1 . 



so as to avoid damp, i. 81 n. 



Druids, Lucan's reference to, i. 533, »j. 



Dugong, i. 159. 



abundant at Manaar, ii. 557 



origin of the fable of the niennaid, i. 



552 M. ; ii. 557. 



Durian, i. 100. 



Dutch arrive in Ceylon, a.d. 1617, ii. 32. 



the Dutch East India Company, ii. 33 & 



34 n. 



the first Dutch ship at Batticaloa, ii. 34. 



visit Kandy, ii. 35. 



expel the Portuguese, ii. 44,45. 



at war with Raja Singha II., ii. 45. 



their discreditable policy, ii. 46, 51, 59, 69. 



• • sacrifice honour to trade, ii. 47 



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