THE FIRST VOLUME. 



XV 



Page 

 Vegetable productions . . .614 

 I'^lephants, ivory, and jewels . . C15 

 Skill of Singhalese goldsmiths and 



statuaries CI 5 



Pearls and gems sent to China . . G15 

 No mention of cinnamon . . . G16 

 Chinese account of Buddhism in Cey- 

 lon G16 



Monasteries for priests first founded 



in Ceylon 616 



Cities of Ceylon in the sixth century 617 

 Patriotism of Singhalese kings . '. 617 

 Domestic manners of the Singhalese . 617 

 Embassies from China to Ceylon . 618 

 Chinese travels prior to the sixth 



century G19 



Fa Hian's travels in sixth century . 620 

 First embassy from Ceylon to China, 



A.D. 405 620 



Narrative of the image which it bore 



(note) 620 

 Ceylon tributary to China in sixth 



century 620 



Hiouen-Thsang describes Ceylon in 



the seventh century . (tiote) 621 

 Events in the thirteenth and four- 

 teenth centuries .... 621 

 King of CeylOn carried captive to 



China, a.d. 1405 . . . . G23 

 Last embassy to China, a.d. 1459 . 625 

 Traces of the Chinese in Ceylon . 626 



Evidences of their presence found by 



the Portuguese .... 626 

 Modern Chinese account of Ceylon 



(^note) C26 



CHAP, IV. 



CEYLON AS KNOWN TO THE MOORS, 

 GENOESE, AND VENETIANS. 



Page 

 The Moors of Ceylon . . . .629 



Their origin 629 



The early Mahometans in India . 629 

 Arabians anciently settled in Ceylon . 630 

 Keal descent of the modern " Moor- 

 men" 631 



Their occupation as traders, ancestral 632 

 Their hostilities with the Portuguese 633 

 They might have been rulers of Cey- 

 lon 633 



Indian trade prior to the route by the 



Cape 634 



The Genoese and Venetians in the 



East 634 



Rise of the Mongol empire . . 635 

 Marco Polo, a.d. 1271 ... 635 



Visits Ceylon 636 



Friar Odoric, a.d. 1318 . . .636 

 Jordan de Severac, a.d. 1323 (iiote) 637 

 Giov. de Marignola, a.d. 1349 (no<e) 637 

 Nicola di Conti, a.d. 1444 . . .637 

 The first traveller who speaks of 



Cinnamon 638 



Jerome de Santo Stefano . (note) 639 

 Ludov. Barthema, a.d. 1506 . .639 

 Odoardo Barbosa, a.d. 1509 . . 640 

 Andrea Corsali, a.d. 1515 . (note) 640 

 Cesar Frederic, a.d. 1563 . . . 641 

 Course of trade changed by the Cape 



route 642 



Irritation of the Venetians . . 643 



