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INDEX. 



Tromhidium t'mctorum, i. 297. 

 Tukeyim, Pea-fowl, i. xsi. ; ii. 102. 

 Turbinella rapa, i. 21, 446. See Chank. 

 Turnour, George, his life and labours, i. 312 n. 



his Epitome of the History of Ceylon, i. 



317. 



his unpublished MSS., Introd. xsxv. 



Turtle, i. 188. See Reptiles. 



barbarous treatment of, ii. 177. 



Tusks. (See Elephant; Ivory. • 



fallacy that they are shed, ii. 274. 



weight of, ii. 275. 



their uses, ii. 276. 



Two Mahometans, Voyages of. /See Abouzeyd. 

 T^av^avcL, i. 569. 



Ulcerations, i. 82. See Health. 

 Upas tree, i. 94. See Trees. 



its use for making sacks, i. 95. 



Upham's versions of the Singhalese Chronicles, 

 1.31 7 ?». 



incorrect and imperfect, ih. 



Uropellis, i. 195. 



Urre'! cry of the elephant drivers, ii. 391 n. 



Utricidaria, curious property of, i. 124. 



Valentia, Viscount, his account of Ceylon, 1809, 



Introd. xxiv. ; ii. 32 n. 



on Dutch trade, ii. 56 n. 



Valentyn, his work on the Dutch possessions in 



India, Introd. xxvii. ; ii. 33 n. 



Colombo ordered to be dismantled, ii. 5 n. 



Azavedo's atrocities, ii. 23, ih. n. 



states that cinnamon grew at Batticaloa 



in 1675, ii. 34 n. 

 gives titles of Portuguese governors, ii. 



34, 35 n. [37 n. 



extenuates Wimala Dharma's conduct, ii. 



describes Koster's conduct, ii. 43 n. 



speaks of bribes being sent to Kandyan 



king, ii. 44, 48 n. 

 —— mentions treatment of Moors, ii. 53 n. 

 his hypothesis regarding Manaar pearls, 



ii. 56 n. 



reference to French ambassador, ii. 60 n. 



speaks of Dutch policy, ii. 70 ». 



account of ruins of Sitawacca, ii. 179 ». 



Valle, Pietro de la, i. 561. 



Valvette-torre, ii. 535. 



Vanattey Palam, ancient bridge, ii. 474. 



Varthema. See Barthema. 



Veangodde, house of the Moodliar, ii. 182. 



Veddahs. See Aborigines, i. 373. 



mode of drawing the bow, i. 499 ?J. 



Veddahs, remnant of the aborigines, i. 592 ; ii. 



428. 



evidences of this furnished by Knox, i. 



by Valentyn and Rilieyro, ib. [593. 



by Albyrouni, ib. 



by Fa Hian and by Pliny, i. 584. 



by the early Chinese authors, ib. n. 



by Palladius, ii. 439. 



Veddahs, their present condition, ii. 437. 



Rock Veddahs, ii. 440. ; 



Village Veddahs, ii. 443. 



Coast Veddahs, ii. 444. 



death of a Veddah, ii. 445 n. 



efforts to civilise them, ii. 447. 



their practice with the bow, ii. 449. 



their mode of kindling a fire, ii. 451. 



Vegetation of Ceylon, its beauty, as seen from 



tlie sea, i. 5. See Botany. 



its variety and colours, ih., 56. 



flora of Ceylon of a Malayan type, i. 83. 



of the sea-borde, i. 85. 



■ of the sea-shore, i. 87. 



of the plains, ib. 



of the western coast, ib. 



of the mountains, i. 90. 



See Trees. 



Venetians in the East, i. 635. [i. 643. 



irritation of, at change of course of trade, 



Venloos Bay, ii. 473. 



Ventriloquism, ii. 185 n. 



Verge! river, ii. 425, 475. 



Vermilion, i. 455. 



Versluys, rebellion under Governor, ii. 60 



Vigittapoora, early importance and present state, 



ii. 602-604. 



habitat of tiie goorcenda, ib. 



Village system, its organisation, i. 89, 434; ii. 



460-462, 538. 



its antiquity, i. 337. 



Villengelavelly, Veddahs at, ii. 447. 

 Vincent, note on cinnamon, i. 600 n. 



note on the word " gaou," i. 567 n. 



Vine, artificial winter for, i. 89. 

 Vippam-madoo, ii. 446. 

 Volcanic evidences, rare, i. 15. 



at Trincomalie, i. 16 w. 



hot springs at Badulla, ib.n. 



Volcanic error of Argensola, ib. 



Vossius, Isaac, i. 10 n. 



Vuyst, Commodore, his treason, ii. 60. 



Wagenfeld, i. 571 ; ii.l33 w. 5ee Sanchoniatlion. 



Walker, F., list of Ceylon insects, i. 269, 274. 



Wanderoo monkey, i. 128. 



Wang Tao Chung, Introd. xxxvii. 



Wanninchees, ii. 474. 



Wanny, its present state, ii. 408. 



its last queen, ii. 476. 



its former history, ii. 508. 



mode of taking elephants, ii. 510. 



Ward, Sir Henry G., his public services, ii. 237, 



Wasps, wasps' nest, i. 257. 



mason- wasp, i. 257 «. 



Water, method of pumping, i. 101. 

 Water-spouts, frequent, i. 72. 



Camoens' inference, ib. n. 



Water-snakes, i. 197. 



Weaver-bird, i. 169. 



Week-days of the Singhalese, ii. 582 n, 



Weert, Sibalt de, his death, ii. 37. 



[432. 



