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INDEX. 



Kokelai lake, ii. 499. 



KoAavSiocpovTa, boats of the Periplus, i. 587. 

 Koster, Commodore, killed, ii. 43 n. 

 Kox^tovs, ii. 129. 

 Koodramalie, ii. 626. 

 Koorangamone, ii; 42.3. 

 Koorinde ova, ii. 417. 

 Kooroogal-ganga (river), ii. 423. 

 Kooroogal-gamma (village), ii. 424- 

 Kornegalle, i. 415; ii. 345. 

 Kottiar. See Cottiar. 

 Kraal, ii. 443. See Corral. 

 Kubla Khan, i. 635. 

 Kumbook tree, i. 99. 

 Kwoixvla, i. 455: ii. 115 ». 

 Kusinara, scene of cremation of Gotama's re- 

 mains, ii. 198. 

 Kustia Eaja, his statue, i. 436; ii. 112. 

 Kuweni, i. 338. 



Lacquer made at Matelle, i. 491. 



Ladies, ^ee Health. 



Lakes, none natural in Ceylon, i. 44. 



Lanka, '• the resplendent," Hindu name for 

 Ceylon, i. 549. 



the meridian of Lanka, i. 6. 



Hindu notion of the extent of Lanka, ib. 



Buddhist ideas of its magnitude, ib. 



Reinaud's Essay on Lanka, ib., n. 



Sir W. Jones's Exposition, ib. n. 



• Portuguese ideas regarding, i. 7 n. 



conquest of Lanka by Rama. i. 315. 



Lapidaries, i. 39; ii. 108, See Gems. 



Laplace, his opinion of Trincomalie, ii. 486 n. 



Laterite, or Cabook, disintegrated gneiss, pre- 

 valent near Galle, i. 17. 



its red dust, ib. 



process of the conversion of gneiss into 



laterite, i. 18. 



Layard, E. A., his knowledge of Ceylon zoology, 

 Introd. xxxii. xxxiv. 



his collections of Ceylon birds, i. 1 63. 



notice of insects, i. 296. 



Leaf insect, i. 251. See Insects. 



Lecanium Coffees, ii. 243. 



Lee, table of Dutch annual deficit, ii. 59 n. 



Leeches, i. 301. See Annelidce. 



land leech, i. 302. 



• medicinal leech, i. 305. 



cattle leech, i. 306. 



Lepisma, the fish insect, ii. 135. 



Leway, ii. 114. 5ee Salt. 



Lightning and thunder, i. 57, 60. 



remarked by seamen of middle ages, i. 



60 n. 



accidents from, i. 61. 



ancient attempts to conduct, i. 506. 



• conductors mentioned in the Mahawanso, 



137 B.C.. i. 507. 



examination of pa,ssage in Mahawanso 



relating to, i. 508, 509. t6. n. 



Lightning and thunder, conclusion, i. 510. 



Limestone, i. 19. 



Literature, ancient Singhalese, i. 512. 



Livy, account of fishes on dry land, i. 229. 



Lizards, i. 182. See Reptiles. 



Loadstone mountain, i. 443. 



Lockhart, Mr., of Shanghae, Introd. sxxvi. 



Logic, i. 502. 



Logole-oya, river, ii. 418. 



Lor is, i. 133. See MammaUa. 



Lotus, the edible, i. 123. 



Lucan, description of the ichneumon, i. 147. 



metempsychosis, i. 533 n. 



Lycenidoe, i. 264. 



Maya Dunnai, his wars with the Portuguese, 

 ii. 13. 



war renewed a.d. 1541, ii. 15. 



his death, ii. 19. 



MacDowell. General, ii. 80. 



Mac Vicar, Dr., i. 57 n. 



Madagascar confounded with Ceylon, i. 1 n. 



327 re. ; ii. 104. 

 Madrepore used for lime, i. 19 «. 

 MafFeus, ii. 5. 

 Maghada, i. 317. 



.Maliabadde, ii. 51. See Cinnamon. 

 JIahawanso, its value historically, i. 314. 



its author, i. 389. 



its tika discovered, i. 314. 



its contents and authenticity, i. 315. 



as a commentary on Indian chronology, 1. 



317. 



scriptural coincidences, i. 519. 



JIaha oya, ii. 416. 



JIaha-lowa-paya. See Brazen Palace. 



Malia Moodliar de Sarem, note on cinnamon, i. 



602, 603 n. 

 Maha-Rawana-rewula. See Spinifes squaiTosus. 

 Maha Sen, his apostacy, i. 371. 

 Mahawanse, the Great Dynasty, i. 374. 

 Mahawelli-ganga, i. 41. 



its torrents, ii. 220. 



its capability for navigation, ii. 423, 



425. 



Brooke's report on, ii. 424. 



Mahindo establishes Buddhism in Ceylon, i. 341. 



scene of his death, ii. 602, 606. 



his " bed," ii. 609. 



Mahometan power, its rise, i. 579. 

 Mahometans, flight of to Ceylon, i. 585 n. 



inscription commemorating, ib. 



early, in India, i. 640. 



go as pilgrims to Adam's Peak, i. 586 n. 



gain complete command of trade, i. 632. 



Malabars, their first appearance in Ceylon, i. 353 ; 

 ii. 539 n. 



Sena and Gutika, ib. 



Elala, his story, i. 353, 395. 



domination of the Malabars in Ceylon, i. 395. 



its origin, i. 395. 



i\it:\rjirst invasion, ib. 



