MATERIALS USED FOR PAPER. 



Fan Palm Corypha umbraculifera. 



Some of their sacred records are graven on bronze 

 plates which are neatly bordered with silver, but the 

 books of importance in the Cingalese language, 

 relative to the religion of Buddhoo, are written on 

 lamina? of the leaves of this tree, the characters being 

 engraved upon them with either a brass or an iron 

 style. 



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