liS^DEX. 



651 



Insects, introduced to destroy coffee-bug, i. 260, 



butterflies, i. 260. ^ [261. 



hjcenidce, hesperidcs, i. 264. 



acherontia sathanas, ih. 



itiotlis, sillc-worm, i. 265. 



oiketicns, i. 266. 



pterophorus, cicada, bugs, i. 267. 



fleas, mosquitoes, the latter often of great 



size, i. 268, ih. n. 



of Ceylon, mem. of Mr. Walker on, i, 269. 



list of Ceylon insects, i. 274. 



lonians in India, i. .516. n. 



Jpomma pes capri on the sand banks, i. 88. 



its splendid profusion at Colombo, ii. 146. 



Iron-tree, messua ferrea, i. 95. See Trees. 

 Iron, its abundance, i. 30. 



Iron-sand, ii. 497. [Tanks. 



Irrigation, its introduction, i. 338, 430. See 



mentioned in Genesis X. 25, i. 431 n. 



taught by the Hindus, i. 430 7i. 



its vast importance in Ceylon, i. 432. 



decline of the art, i. 468. 



projects for restoring the tanks, ii. 432. 



lulus, i. 299. 



Ivory, annual consumption, ii. 273. 



Jackal, its hom, i. 145. 



Jack-wood. See Jak. 



Jaffna, its early history, ii. 539. 



conqueied by tiie Portuguese, ii. 28. 



geology of the peninsula, ii. 518. 



coco-nut plantation, ii. 530. 



rice cultivation, ii. 531. 



■ Tamil husbandry, ii. 533. 



irrigation and wells, ii. 534. 



old Portuguese churches, ii. 540. 



industry of the people, ii. 541. 



markets, ii. 543. 



crimes, ii. 544, 547. 



sorcery, ii. 544. 



Jaggernath, traces of Buddhism in the worship 



of, i. 524 7J. 

 Jaggery palm. See Kitool. 

 Jains, or Jainas, what they were, i. 527 n. 

 Jak tree, i. 116; mentioned by Pliny, ii. Ill n. 

 Jambulus, his account of Ceylon, i. 555 n. 



ventriloquism, ii. 185 n. 



Jatakas, i. 515. 



Jaula, kingdom of, ii. 6 n. 



Jews of Cochin, i. 396, 518. 



Jolm of Ilesse, on Cinnamon, i. 600 7i. ; ii. 163 n, 



Johnson, Sir Alexander, i. 316 k. 



Johnston, Captain, his gallant conduct, ii. 85. 



Joinvilie, on the parasite of the bat, i. 161 n. 



Jones, Sir William, identifies Sandracottus and 



Chandragupta, i. 317, 475 7t. 

 Josephus, Introd. 3rd ed. 

 Jugglers, ii. 184. 

 Julien, M. Stanislas, Introd. xxsvii ; i. 386 n, 



608, 624 n. 

 Jungle fowl, i. 173, 181 {see Birds); made 



blind by the Nilloo, i. 90 n. 



Kaasyapa murders his father, i. 389. 

 Kabragoya, i. 183. See Iguana. 

 Kadaganava Pass, ii. 95, 186. 

 Kalali. See Galle. 

 Kalaweva tank, i.'391, 468; ii. 602. 

 Kalany, ii. 68 n, 230 n. 



Temple, ii. 179. 



Kala-oya, ii. 602. 



Kalidas, a poet, i. 386, ib. n. 



Kandelai, ii. 484. 



Kandy, road opened, ii. 95. 



captured by KajaSinghal., 1582 A.D.,ii.l8. 



restored to Donna Catharina, ii. 19. 



taken by the British, 1803, ii. 81. 



its final conquest, 1815, ii. 89. 



aspect of the modern town, ii. 193, 203. 



palace, ii. 194. 



temples, ii. 196. 



Kandyan chiefs' costume, ii. 205. 



their dwellings, ii. 428. 



peasantry, ii. 22 1 . 



Kannea, hot springs, ii. 496. See Cannea. 



Kant thought Taprobane was Madagascar,!. 11. 



Kaolin, i. 31. 



Kapi, apes, ii. 102; Introd. 3rd ed. 



Karmathic inscription, i. 585 n. 



Kattadias, native devil-priests, i. 541. 



Kayts, ii. 549. 



Kazwini, Arabian geographer, i. 598. 



his account of Ceylon irade, i. 599. 



his error as to the diamond, i. 39. 



Keddah, ii. 342. 



Kelaart, Dr., Work on the Zoology of Ceylon. 

 Introd. xxsiv. 



on the nudibranehiata, &e , i. 235. 



examination of the Eadiata, i. 244. 



discoveries as to the pearl oyster, ii. 562. 



" Kelingoo," ii. 525. 

 Kingfisher, i. 168. See Birds. 

 Kings of Ceylon, list of, i. 320. 



facility of deposing, i. 360 n. 



practically elective, i. 361 n. 



the frequency of depositions, ib. 



influence of the priests, i. 362. 



Kinnis, Dr., cultivates zoology, i. 127. 



Kiri-anguna, i.l01«. See GymnKUia lactiferum. 



Kiri-mattie. See Kaolin. 



Kiriiide river. See Rivers. 



Kite, on Egyptian sculpture, i. 167 ». 



Kitool, in Bintenne, hot ."pring, i. 16». 



the Jaggery palm, i. 112. 



Kittenstein Von, Letter from Raja Singha to, 



48 m. 

 Kitto, error as to locus of Ararat, i. 551 n. 

 Knife-grinder. See Cicada. 

 Knox, R., account of Ceylon fauna, Introd. xxxii. 



narrative of his captivity in Kandy, 



Introd. xxxii.; ii. 65?;. 



his tamarind tree, ii. 487. 



his description of tlie Wanderoo, i. 129. 



natives fishing, i. 210. 



Koetjar. See Cottiar. 



