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Thwaites, Mr., on Cinnamon, i. COO n., ii. 34 n. 



on the Pteropus, i. 136 n. 



Thysianura, i. 306. 



Ticks, i. 296. 



Tic-polonga, i. 191. See Reptiles. 



Tides of Ceylon, i. 52, 53. 



peculiarities of, — Admiral FitzRoy's 



theory, ii. 116, 117. 

 Tiger at Trincomalie, ii. 492 n. 

 Tika, i. 314. See Maliawaiiso. 

 Timber, bad on the hills, i. 91, 115. 



its rapid destruction by ants and larvae, ih. 



Timber trees, i. 99. See Trees. 



neglected state of the tiuiber forests, i. 



ii5. 



memoirs on timber trees, by A. Mendis, ib. 



Timber cutters, their mode of life, ii. 493. 



Titanium, i. 29. 



Titles of the Kings of Kandy, ii. 34. 



Titles, Portuguese, sold, ii. 7 1. 



Toad, i. 202. 



Tobacco, ii. 534. 



Tohfut-ul-Mujahideen, i. 630 w., ii. 4. 



Tokei. See Tukeyim. 



Toleration, uniform in Ceylon, i. 585 n. 



Tom-toms, i. 470. 



Tooth, the sacred. See Dalada, 



story of, ii. 197. 



its shrine, ii. 200. 



fraud practised on King of Pegu, ii. 197, 



21 In. 

 Topas. See Gems. 

 Topoor, ii. 476. 

 Torches. See Chules. 

 Torrington, Viscount, orders a mineralogical 



survey, i. 28. 



his tax on dogs, i. 145. 



reduces the export duty on cinnamon, ii. 



reforms the tariff, ii. 168. [164. 



his financial policy, ii. 569. 



Tortoises, i. 188, 190. 



Tortoise-shell, cruel mode of taking, i. 190. 



skill in working, ii. 108. 



Tourmaline. See Gems. 



Trade never followed by the Singhalese, i. 440. 



Ceylon an emporium for foreigners, ib. 



some trade in the interior, i. 445. 



state of trade in the sixth century, i. 564. 



described by Cosmas Indicopl. i. 569. 



its course altered by the Cape route, i. 633. 



Tradition as to earliest settlers being Chinese, i. 



327 n. 

 Travancore, tobacco exported from, ii. 534. 

 Travelling in the forest, difficulties of, ii. 407, 47 1 . 



preparations for, ii. 412. 



pleasures of, ii. 414. 



Trees, witii buttresses, i. 91. See Botany and 



Vegetation. 



Flowering trees, i. 92. 



the Coral tree, ib. 



the Murutu, ib. 



the Asoca, ib. 



Trees, the Imbul, i. 93. 



the Iron tree, i. 94. 



the Upas, ib. 



Figs, Banyan tree, i. 95. 



Bo-tree, i. 96. 



India-rubber tree, i. 98. 



timber trees, Kumbuk, i. 99. 



trees with remarkable seeds, ib. 



the Ceylon Durian, i. 100. 



StercuUa Jcetida, its stench, ib. 



Moodilla, ib. 



Strychnos, nux-vomica, i. 101. 



its poison seeds eaten, ib. 



Euphorbia, ib. 



error of Hermann as to the Gymnema 



lactiferum, ib. n. 



climbing plants and orchids, i. 102. 



square-stemmed vine, i. 103. 



gigantic climbers, i. 104. 



the Maha-pus-wael and its pods, i. 105. 



the Rasa-Kindu, its surprising vitality, i. 



106. 



ground creepers, ratan, i. 1 06. 



the Waywel, bridge of, i. 107. 



Thorny trees, caryota horrida, ib. 



Acacias, i. 108. 



Buffalo thorn, ib, 



Palms, i. 109. 



Coco-nut, ib., 119. 



Talapat, ib. 



Palmyra, i. 110. 



its uses, ib. 



Jaggery palm, Kitool, i. 112. 



Areca palm, i. 112. 



Timber trees, rare, i. 115. 



the Del, i. 116. 



Teak, ib. 



Suria tree, i. 117. 



Cabinet woods, ib. 



Ebony, ib. 



Cadooberia, ib. 



Calamander, i. 118. 



Xedun wood, ib. 



Tamarind tree, i. 119. 



Fruit trees, Jak, ib. 



Limes, oranges, ib. 



Trees, sacred, antiquity of, i. 341. 

 Tree-frogs, i. 202. 



Trepang, ii. 557, 627 n. See Sea Slug. 

 Trincomalie, volcanic traces at, i. 16- 



its climate, i. 70, 71. 



French attempts upon, ii. 67, 485. 



its bay and scenery, ii. 482. 



fortification, ii. 483. 



ancient legend, ii. 483. 



temple destroyed, ii. 484. [ib. ii. 



monument to Francina Van Eeede, ii. 485, 



neglect of, ii. 486. 



importance of, as a position, ii. 486. 



superiority as a port, ii. 487. 



Tritonia arhorescens. See JIusical Fish. 

 letter on, ii. 480. 



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