INDEX. 



G53 



Malabars, their second and third invasions, 

 i. 396. 



the consequences of theirascendency,i.400. 



finally overrun Ceylon, i. 417. 



Malaria, i. 75. 



Malcolm, Lt., ascended Adam's Peak in 18i7, 



ii. 141. 

 Maldive sailors, their charts, i. 636 n. 



ambassadors, ii. 174. 



Malwane, king of, a title of the Portuguese 



governors, ii. 27. 

 Mammalia, i. 127. 



Monkeys, i. 128. 



Rilawa, i. 129. 



Wanderoo, ib. 



error as to the Ceylon Wanderoo, ib. n. 



Wanderoo, mode of flight among trees, 



i. 131. 



monkeys never found dead, i. 133. 



• Loris, ib. 



Bat, flying fox, i. 135—137, 136 n. 



parasite of the bat, Nycteribia, i. 161. 



attracted by toddy to the coco-nut palms, 



i. 136. 



horse-shoe bat, i. 136. 



bears, dreaded in Ceylon, i. 137. 



leopards, i. 139. 



attracted by the odour of small pox, i. 140. 



anecdote of a leopard, i. 142. 



lesser felines, i. 148. 



dogs, Pariah, ib. 



jackal, i. 145. 



the jackaVs horn, ib. 



Mungoos, ib. 



assaults of Mungoos on the serpent, i. 146. 



squin-els, i. 148. 



the flying squirrel, ib. 



rats, the rat snake, i. 149. 



coffee rat, ib. 



bandicoot, i. 150. 



porcupine, ib. 



pengolin, i. 151. 



the gaur, i. 152. 



■ the ox, ib. 



anecdote of, ib. 



the buffalo, i. 154. 



shooting buffaloes, i. 155. 



peculiarity of the buffalo's foot, i. 156. 



deer, Ceylon elk, i. 157. 



elephant, i. 158. 



whale and dugong, ib. 



peculiarities of Ceylon mammalia, ib. 



list of Ceylon, i. 159. 



Manaar, gulf, described by Pliny, i. 557. 



island, ii. 555. 



choya root, ii. 556. 



Mandeville, Sir John, travels, ii. 63 w. 

 Manganese, i. 30. 

 Mangosteen, i. 83; i. 120. 

 Mantotte, errors as to, i. 587. 

 Manufactures, coir and cordage, i. 450. 

 weaving, bleaching, and dyeing, i. 451. 



JIanufactures, handicrafts despised, i. 452. 



pottery, glass, wood-carving, i. 453, 454. 



sugar, i. 455. 



mineral paints, ib. if n. 



calomel, i. 456 n. 



Map of Ceylon with Sanskrit and Pali names, 

 i. 318. 



on Ptolemy's data, i. 560 n. 



by Gosselin, i. 561. 



by Ribeyro, ii. 5 n. 



Maps, ancient, their errors as to Ceylun, L 

 10 «. 



modern, their defects, i. 1 1 k. 



General Eraser's superior to all, ib. 



Marcianus Heracleota, error as to Ceylon, i. 9 ». ; 



i. 562. 

 Marco Polo on cinnamon, i. 600 n. 

 Marco Polo, his life and travels, i. 635. 



his account of Ceylon, i. 636. 



Marking ink, vegetable, ii. 161 n. 



Marshall, H., historical sketch of Ceylon, 



Introd. xxiv ; ii. 83 n. 9 1 n. 

 Massacre of Major Davie's troops, ii. 83. 

 Massoudi, the Arabian geographer, his error as 

 to the size of Ceylon, i. 9. 



his account of the island, i. 565, 595. 



on elephants in war, ii. 38 1 n. 



Matelle, lacquer made at, i. 491 n. 



town and scenery, ii. 572. 



Ma-Touan-Lin, his encyclopaidia, i. 380 n. 

 Matura, the fort, ii. 112. 



learning of its priests, ii. 113. 



Matura diamond. See Gems. 



Maupied, his conjectures about Buddhism, L 



525 n. 

 has correctly described Buddhism as a 



refined atheism, i. 528 n. 

 Masimilianus Transylvanus, geographer, i. 



10 w. 

 Maya, the southern division of Ceylon, i. 337. 

 Meadows of gold, i. 565. See Massoudi. 

 Measures of distance, ii. 582. 

 Medicine, ancient, i. 504. 



edicts of Asoca, ib. 



kings skilled in, i. 505. 



Megasthenes, i. 552, quoted by iEliaii, i. 



553 w. 

 Megisba, a lake mentioned by Pliny, i. 557. 

 Melania, its habit of burying itself, i. 221. 

 Mt'llo Carvalhoe. See Pombal. 

 Mendis, Adrian, his list of timber trees, i. 115. 

 Mercator, geographer, i. 10. 

 Mercer, Mr., on Singhalese names for davs, ii. 



582 n. 

 Mermaid, ii. 557. See Dugong. 

 Mera^i, i. 569. 

 Metals, Dr. Gygax's survey, i. 29. 



gold, nickel, and cobalt, ib. 



rutile, wolfram, and tellurium, ib. 



manganese and iron, i. 30. 



Singhalese method of smelting iron, i. 30. 



anthnicite, i. 30, 31. 



