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INDEX. 



Metals, plumbago, molybdena, kaolin, and nitre, 



i. 31. 



general view, i. 32 n. 



working in, i. 457, 458. 



jewellery and gems, i. 459. 



coins, i. 460 — 463. 



Meuron, Colonel de, contrasts efifects of Dutch 



and Portuguese religious policy, ii. 70 n. 



is dispatched to Ceylon from Madras, ii. 73. 



his advice as to raising revenue, ii. 74. 



Jlichel, quotation from his " Outcast Races," ii. 



192 n. 

 Migastliene Dissave, ii. 67. 

 Wihintala mountain, so called, i. 14 ; ii. 605. 



inscriptions on, i. 428. 



ascent to, ii. 606. 



its ancient names, ii. 606 n. 



dagoba, ii. 608. 



Willipeds, Julus, i. 299. 

 Milton, Sabasan odours, i. 4. 



original of his lines on the Banyan, i. 96 n. 



Mineralogy imperfectly known, i. 31. 



Dr.Gygax's reports, i. 30, 31. 



his hst of Ceylon minerals, i. 32 n. 



Minei-y, the tank, formed, i. 365 ; ii. 600. 



its size and beauty, ii. 601. 



Mirage, ii. 500. 



Moeletivoe, ii. 515. 



Mohl. Jl. Jules, Introd. ssxvi. 



Molybdena, i. 31. 



Mongol empire, rise of, i. 635. 



Monkeys, i. 128. 



never found dead, i. 133. 



Monkey, a white, ii. 184 n. 



Monsoons discovered by Hippalus, i. 554. 



phenomena at their changes, i. 57. 



south-west monsoon in ^lay, i. 58. 



north-east monsoon in November, i. 63. 



Moonstones. iSee Gems. 



Moor, Mr., East India Museum, Introd. xxxiv. 



Moormen. See Moors. 



Moors, origin of the race so called, i. 629. 



a name given by the Portuguese, i. 630. 



Sir A. Johnson's account of, ib. 



the earhest settlements, ib. 



described by JIarco Polo, i. 632. 



ancestral traders, ib. 



hostilities of, with Portuguese, i. 633. 



might have been rulers of Ceylon, ib. 



hated by the Portuguese, ii. 9. 



persecuted by the Dutch, ii. 53. 



the Moorish population of Galle, ii. 108. 



Tavalam drivers, ii. 182. 



Morottu, ii. 143. 



Morris, Wm., Esq., Ceylon Civil Service, 



Introd. XXXV.; i. 215 «. ; ii. 399 n. 

 Illoses of Chorene, i. 571; ii. 106?;. 

 Mosquitoes, their cunning, i. 268; ii. 114. 



probably the plague of flies, ii. 115n. 



Moths. See Insects. 

 Mount Lavinia, ii. 144. 

 Mountain " without fear," ii. 624. 



Mountains, altitudes, i. 15. 



mountain zone, i. 14. 



grotesque formation, ib. 



Miiller, Max, i. 523, 526, 527. 

 JIungoo, its varieties, i. 146. 



its conflict witli the serpent, ib, 



its supposed antidote, i. 147. 



Munster, Sebastian, i. 10. 



Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, Introd. sxsi. 



l^Iurutu. See Trees. 



Music, i. 470. 



cultivation of, left .<it present to one of the 



lowest castes, ib. n. 

 bamboo used to produce natural, i. 



89 n. 



Singhalese gamut, i. 471. 



Musical fish, ii. 469. 



JIustard tree of Scripture. See Salvadora 



Persica. 

 Jlygale spider, at Gampola, ii. 225. 



said to kill birds, ii. 226. 



Myriapoda, Cermatia, i 297. 

 hst of, i. 307. 



Nagadipo, i. 331. 



Xagas, i. 330. See Aborigines. 



Nalande, ii. 573. 



Names of persons and places, no standard for 

 spelling, Introd. xxxix. 



Names, ancient, of Ceylon, i. 549. 



Naphtha. See Greek Fire. 



'NapyiWia, i. 567. 



Narri-coombo, See Jackal's Horn 



Natoor river, ii. 473. 



Natural histoiy neglected in Ceylon, i. 127. 



Navokeiry, curious well, i. 21 n. 



Navy, ancient, i. 499. 



Negombo, its cinnamon the finest, ii. 51. 



town and environs, ii. 629. 



" Nellan." See Gems. 



Nestorian Christians, their influence on Bud- 

 dhism, 518 w. 



Neuera-ellia, its scenery, 209. 



its climate, ii. 259. 5ee Health. 



as a sanatarium, ii. 262. 



its soil and production, ii. 264. 



Neuera-Kalawa. See the Wanny. 



Nickel, i. 29. 



Nietner, on Ceylon insects, i. 259. 



Nillavelli, salt-works, ii. 493, 495. 



Nilloo, i. 90, 143; curious eflcct on Jungle 

 fowl, ib. 



Nimmo, Mr., Catalogue of Bombay Plants, i. 95 n. 



description of bark substitute fur sacks, 



i. 95. 



Nirwana, i. 325, 529, ib. n. 



Nitre, i. 31. 



North, Hon. Mr., equivocal policy, Introd. xxsvi. 

 ii. 75, 79. 



Niulibranchiata, i. 235. 



Nyctei-ibia, parasite of the bat, i 101. 



