APPENDIX 



1 A Singhalese, as often as not, particularises the sex of any animal as 

 "gehnoo satek" (lit. a "female animal") or "pirrimee satek" (lit. a "male 

 animal "), and in the same way a Tamil may merely prefix " ahn " (male) or 

 "pon" (female) to the name of the animal. AUTHOR. 



362 



