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INDEX. 



"Great Dynasty," i. 374. -See Mahawaiise, its 



extinction. 

 Greek fire, i. 588 n. 



Greeks, early knowledge of Ceylon, i. 549. 

 Giintlier, on Ceylon reptiles, i. 182. 



Hail occurs, snow wanting, i. 69. 



difference in this respect from India, i. 



69 n. 



its rationale, i. 70. 



Hair, mode of dressing, i. 560; ii. 106. 



mentioned by Agathemerus, ii. 106. 



Hambangtotte, i. 45; ii. 112. 



Hammaniel, ii. 549. 



Hamza of Ispahan, i. 565. 



Hanley, Sylvanus, on the shells of Ceylon, i. 233. 



Hansa, the sacred goose, i. 485. 



universality of worship, ib. 



Harbours, the principal in Ceylon, i. 53. 

 Hardy, the Rev. Spence, Inirod. xx. xsxvi. 



his works, i. 325 «., 546 n. 



statement in reference to calomel, i. 456 n. 



description of an archer, i. 479 n. 



has prepared a list of Singhalese books, 



i. 515 n. 



remarks about cinnamon, i. 602 n. 



alleged alliance between lion and jackal 



(from the Guna Jiitaka), ii. 625 7i. 

 Harvests, two in each year, i. 26. 

 Hastisilpe, a work on elephants, ii. 281 ,284. 

 Hawking, i. 166, 180. 

 Hawks. See Birds. 

 Hawks of Raja Singha, ii. 48. 

 Health in the vicinity of rivers bad, i. 43. 



general effect of climate upon, i. 74, 75. 



malaria, i. 75. 



fevers, ib. n. 



proper foods and precautions, i. 76. 



hypothesis as to prohibition of pork 



amongst Egyptians, &c., ib. n. 



proper dress to secure, i. 81. 



precautions for maintaining, i. 80. 



in Ceylon as compared with India, i. 81. 



Heat, not unhealthy, i. 74. 



Hebrews of the Dekkan, influence of. upon 



Buddhism, i. 518 n. 

 Hebrew Scriptures, coincidences with, in Pali 



Sacred Books, i. 519 w, 520 n. 

 Hedijvtis umbellata, i. 49. See Choya-root. 

 Helix haemastonia, its colouring, ii. 112. 

 Hendoo, crook for driving elephants, ii. 382 m. 

 Herbert, Sir Thomas, Travels in Ceylon, ii. 65 w. 

 Herman, P., his error as to the GymncBma luc- 



tiferum, i. 101 n. 

 Herpestes, i. 145, ib. n. 

 Jlesperidm, i. 264. 

 Iliccode, ii. 127. 

 Hiouen Tbsang, his description of the Rak- 



shasis, i. 334. 

 his account of Ceylon, 629 A d., i. 372, 



399. 

 Hippalus discovers the monsoons, i. 554. 



Eohtlmria, ii. 557, 627 n. See Sea-slug and 



Trepang. 

 Honeysuckle -ornament, its antiquity, i. 491. 

 Hook-money, i. 463. 

 Hooker, Dr. J. D., on Ceylon botany, Introd. 



xsxi. 



his notices of Ceylon flora, i. 85. 



error as to nests of white ants, i. 254 n. 



on " ticks " in Nepal, i. 296 n. 



on colonial botanical knowledge, ii. 210 n. 



Hornbill, Bnceros, i. 164. 

 Horra-bora tank, ii. 431. 

 Horses imported from Persia, i. 447. 



and carriages, i. 495, 496 n. 



Horton, Sir Robert, ii. 423. 



Hot springs. See Volcanic Evidences. 



Hubert, Saint, legend, i. 341. 



Humboldt, i. 25 m.; ii. 439 «., 525 n. 



Hunter, Dr. John, his theory of a3stivation, i. 221. 



Hurricanes, i. 54 n. 



Huxley, Prof., Inti-od. xxxiv. 



his mem.oranJum on the fishes of Ceylon, 



i. 229. 

 Hyacinth, meaning of the term, i. 568 n. 

 Hydraulic machinery, i. 464. 



Janthina, ii. 516. 



Jbnm and Ibha, ivory, ii. 102; Inirod. 3rd ed. 



Ibn Batuta's account of Ceylon, i. 601. 



describes Adam's Peak, i. 605. 



Ichneumon. See JIungoos. 



leu, the Primal Man. See Gnostics. 



Iguana, i. 182. See Reptiles. 



Images and statues of Buddha, a late innova- 

 tion, i. 347. 



of Buddha, art conventional, i. 475. 



jade stone, sent to China, i. 618, ib. n. 



of King Dliarmapala sent to Lisbon, i. 



557 n ; ii. 14. 



Imbul, the tree-cotton. See Trees. 



Imhoff, Baron, ii. 56 n. 59, 62. 



Imports early into Ceylon, i. 447. 



India ancient map, i. 330. 



India-rubber tree, i. 93. 



Indian trade prior to Cape route, i. 634. 



Inferobranchiata, i. 235. 



Infusoria, Red, in the Ceylon seas, i. 53. 



Insects of Ceylon, i. 247. 



their profusion and beauty, ib. 



hitherto imperfectly described, i. 248. 



Beetles, scavengers, i. 249. 



coco-nut beetle, tortoise beetle, i. 250. 



the soothsayer, leaf-insect, i. 251. 



stick-insect, dragon-flies, ant-lion, i. 252. 



white ant, termites, i. 253, 257. 



mason-wasp, i. 257. 



wasps, bees, wasps' nest, ib. n. 



carpenter bee, ants, red ant, i. 258 — 262. 



value of scavenger ants to conchologists, 



i. 259. 



dimiya or red ant, 260, 261. 



