INDEX. 



659 



Singhalese history, episode of Ebla and Dutu- 



gaimunu, i. 353, 395. 



huilding of Kuanwelle' dagoba, i. 355. 



habits and fate of aborigines, i. 369 — 373. 



Iklalabar wars and invasions, i. 374, 396, 



397, 401-3. 



schisms and heresies, i. 377. 



state of Ceylon, a.d. 275, i. 380. 



feebleness of " Sulu-wanse " dynasty, i. 385. 



stoiy of the sacred tooth, i. 388. 



story of Kaasyapa, i. 389. 



influence of Malabars firmly established, 



i. 398. 



policy of Singhalese, i. 402. 



glorious reign of Prakrama, i. 405. 



his wars and conquests, i. 409. 



Malabars at Jaffna, i. 413. 



extending ruin of Ceylon, i. 414. 



successive removals of seat of government, 



i. 400, 413, 415. 



ascendency of Malabars, i. 415. 



Ceylon tributary to China, i. 417. 



arrival of Portuguese, i. 418. 



Singhalese language, i. 328. 



affinity to languages of the Dekkan, ib. 



relation towards Sanskrit and Pali, i. 329. 



its affinities with Elu, ii. 514. 



admits of every kind of rhythm, i. 521. 



Singhalese literature, i. 520. 



its low tine, ib. 



exempt from licentiousness, i. 521. 



literature, sacred poems, L 521. 



■ general, ib. 



Sister's line, succession in, ii. 459. 

 Sitawacca, ruins of, ii. 179 n. 

 Skinner, Major,Ceylon Civil Service,/n<rcKf.xxxir. 

 aids General Fraser in his Map of Ceylon, 



i. 1 1 w. 

 his account of the extent of Anarajapoora, 



i. 383 ra. 



his collection of Ceylon fishes, i. 209. 



roads made by him, ii. 120. 



anecdote of elephant, ii. 307. 



appointed Auditor-General, ii. 122 n. 



Slavery, its origin and state, i. 426, ib. n. 



its aboHtion, ib. 



Snake-tree, i. 98. 



Snakes, i. 191. S&e Eeptiles. 



reluctance of the Buddhists to kill a snake, 



i. 195. 



at Kandy, ii. 519. 



water snakes, i. 96 ; ii. 627 n. 



snakes domesticated, i. 193. 



accidents from, i. 196 h. 



Snake-stone, its alleged virtues, i. 197. 



anecdotes of its use, i. 198. 



analysis of, by Professor Faraday, i. 199. 



Snow, unknown in Ceylon, i. 69. 

 Soil of Ceylon, i. 24. 

 Solinus, on the elephant, ii. 294. 

 Solomon, his fleets visit Ceylon, 1. 555 n. See 

 Tarshish. 



Somnauth, the temple originally a Buddhiit 

 foundation, i. 524 n. 



Sonnees, the iloors of C«ylon were, not Sheahs, 

 631 n. 



Sonneratia acida, its uses, i. 85. 



Sousa d'Arronches, his atrocities, ii. 20. 



destroys the temple at Dondera, ib. 



Sovereigns of Ceylon, list of, i. 320. 



Soyza, Jeronis de, his character, ii. 144. 



Spectre butterfly, i. 263. 



Spicy breezes of Ceylon, a fable, i. 4. 



Ctesias mentions them, ib.n. 



but the origin of the belief is Hindu, ib. 



Milton repeats the story of " Sabaan 



odours," ib. 



Diodorus Siculus speaks of them, ib. 



Ariosto alludes to them, ib. 



the source of the perfumes discerned on 



other coasts, ib. 



Spiders, i. 294. See Arachnida. 



at Gampola, ii. 223. 



at Pusilawa, ii. 256. 



Spilberg, Dutch Admiral, at Kandy, ii. 35. 



Spinel. See Gems. 



Spinifex squaT~rosus, its growth on the sands, 

 i. 49. 



Squirrel, i. 148. 



the Flying Squirrel, i. ib. 



Sri-pada. See Adam's Peak. 



Star-fish, i. 244. See Radiata. 



Statues. See Images. 



Stefano Girolamo di Sciulo, his horses, i. 639. 



Sterculia foetida, its seeds, i. 100. 



its stench, ib., not the gooraanda, ii. 604, «. 



Stevelly, Professor, i. 70. 



Stewart, W., on gem finding, i. 35. 



Stick insect, i. 252. -See Insects. 



Stonehenge, conjectured in 1807 to be a Bud- 

 dhist ruin, i. 525 «. 



Strabo, his error as to the size of Ceylon, i. 8, 

 550. 



boats with two prows, ii. 104 n. 



St)-ychnos potatorum, i. 101; ii. 411. 



Submersion of parts of Ceylon by the sea, i. 7 w. 



Succession, strange law of, ii. 459, ib. n. 



Sugar, lands for growing, i. 28. 



Sugar plantation at Veangodde, formed by Sir 

 E. Barnes, ii. 208 n. 



Sulphur, error of Argensola, i. 16 »». 



Suluwanse, See Mahawanso, i. 315. 



its character, i. 381. 



kings of the Suluwanse, i. 3S5. 



Sumatra confounded with Ceylon, i. 10. 



error of Gibbon as to Salmasius' opinion, (6. n. 



opinion of Cosmas Indicopleustes, ib. 



error in the Catalan map, a.d. 1375, 



&c., ib. 



names of early geographers who were 



astray on this point, ib. 



names of those who were correct, ib. 



doubt dissipated by DeUsle, ib. 



Sun bird, i. 168. See Birds. 



