LNDEX. 



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Elephant, a corral (kraal) dcscribml, ii. 335, 443. 



corral, its construction, ii. 347. 



■ corral, driving in the elephants, ii 350. 



the capture, ii. 353. 



mode of securing, ii. 355. 



the " cooroowe," or noosers, ii. 357. 



captives, their resistance and demeanour, 



ii. 360. 



their contortions, ii. 363. 



conduct of the tame elephants, ii. 365. 



a young one, ii. 377. 



conduct in captivity, ii. 379. 

 • mode of training, ii. 380. 

 superiority of Ceylon, a fallacy, ii. 379. 



their employment in ancient warfare, ii. 



381 n. 



elephant driver's crook (hendoi)), ii. 382. 



their cry, urre ! ii. 391 n. 



diseases in captivity, ii. 384, 394. 



sudden death, ii. 386. 



capacity for labour, ii. 387. 



• strength exaggerated, ii. 388. 



attachment to keeper, ii. 390. 



musical ear, ii. 391. 



patience in sickness, ii. 392. 



mortality, ii. 393. 



cost of keeping, ii. 396. 



birth in captivity, ii. 397. 



age, ii. 398. 



dead elephant never found, ii. 399. 



Sindbad's story, ii. 400. 



passage fromvElian regarding the, ii. 402. 



description of elephants swimming, ii. 417. 



Elejihants at Trincomalie, ii. 493. 



Eiejihants in the Wanny, how caught, ii. 511. 



EIei)hant Pass, why so called, ii. 517. 



Elie House, Colombo, ii. 166. 



Elk, i. 157. See Deer ; Mammalia. 



Ella, magnificent pass, ii. 268. 



Eilahara canal, i. 465 ; ii. 574. See Sea of 

 I'rakrama. 



Elphinstone, Mountstuart, references to his opi- 

 nions on Brahmanism and Buddhism, i. 523 «,, 

 527 «., 528 n. 



Elu, written Singhalese, i. 513, 520. 



Embassies, to Claudius and Julian, i. 386. 



to China, i. 618, 620, 625. 



Engineering, early, i 464. 



principle of arch unknown, i. 467. 



military engineering unknown, i. 465. 



defective construction of tanks and sluices, 



i. 467. 



art of, lost, i. 468. 



English period. See British. 



Eraoor, ii. 472. 



Eratosthenes, error as to the size of Ceylon, i. 8. 



Ei-i/thrina Indica, the Coral tree, its flowers, i. 92. 



Esenbach, Necs von, on Cinnamon, i. 600 n., 

 ii. 162. 



]]stuaries. See Gobbs. 



Euphorbia, i. 101. See Trees. 



Evil Eye, superstition of, ii. 176. 



T T 4 



Exercise. See Health. 



Expenditure of the colony, ii. 172. 



Exposure to the sun, imprudence of, i. 79. 



Exports of Ceylon in early ages, i. 445. 



Ezion-geber, i. 102. 



Eabricius' Codex Pseudepigr. Vet. Test., i. 527«. 



Fa Hian, visits Ceylon, a. d. 413, i. 27 n. ; 



i. 387, 619. 



his descinption of it, i. 388. 



shipping in the Indian seas, i. 588. 



anecdote in his story, i. 388 n. 



his evidence as to the prevalence of 



Buddhism in fourth century, i. 524 n. 



on the Buddhist sect Lao Tseu, i. 543 7i. 



Fairholme, Mr., Introd. xxxv. 

 Falck, his treaty, ii. 61. 

 Faraday, Professor, Introd. sxxiv. 



analysis of the " serpent stone," i. 199, 



Faria y Souza, ii. 4 n. 



speaks of Singhalese fire-locks, ii. 12 n. 



mentions Camoens coming to Ceylon, ii. 



16 n. 



infamy of Portuguese, ii. 24 ». 



Farm stock, i. 435. 



Fata Morgana, ii. 498. 



Fauna of Ceylon, not common to India, 



Introd. xxxi. xxxii. 

 peculiar and independent, Ih. xxxii. 



xxxiii. ; i. 7 «. 



lists of tlie italics explained, Ih. xxxiii. 



have received insufficient attention,!. 127. 



first study due to Dr. Davy, ib. 



subsequent, due to Templeton, Layard, 



and Kelaart, ib., i. 128. 

 Ferguson, A. M., Esq., statistics of coffee, ii. 230. 

 W., his knowledge of Ceylon botany, 



Introd. xxxi. 

 his Essay on the Palmyra Palm, ii. 5, 20, 



519 n. 

 Feudal service in Ceylon, ii. 459. 

 Fig-trees, parasitic, i. 95. 



Banyan tree, ib. 



destruction of the supporting tree, i. 96. 



origin of Milton's verses on the Banyan, 



i. 96 n. 



figs destructive to buildings, i. 97. 



the Bo-tree, i. 97; ii. 342, 611. 



extraordinary roots, i. 98, 99 w. 



Fire flies, ii. 114. 



Fishes of Ceylon, little known, i. 205. 



seir fibh, and others for table, ih. 



abundance of perch, soles, and sardines, i. 



206. 



explanation of Odoric's statement, ib. 



sardines, said to be poisonous, i. 206. 



shark, and sawfish, i. 207. 



chironectes of iElian, ih. n. 



fresh-waterfishes, their peculiarities,!. 208. 



fre.-.h-water, little known, i. 208 ; reasop, 



ih. n. 



their reappearance after the dry season, 



i. 209. 



