THE FIRST VOLUME. 



XV 



Vegetable productions . . . 614 

 Elephants, ivory, and jewels . . 615 

 Skill of Singhalese goldsmiths and 



statuaries 615 



Pearls and gems sent to China . . 615 

 No mention of cinnamon . . . 616 

 Chinese account of Buddhism in Cey- 

 lon 616 



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 619 



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 



Iliouen-Thsang describes Ceylon in 



the seventh century . (note) 621 

 Events in the thirteenth and four- 

 teenth centuries .... 621 



King of Cevlon carried captive to 

 China, A.D. 1405 . . . .623 



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) 626 



CHAP. IV. 



CEYLON AS KNOWN TO THE MOOES, 

 GENOESE, AND VENETIANS. 



Page 



The Moors of Ceylon .... 629 



Their origin 629 



The early Mahometans in India . 629 

 Arabians anciently settled in Ceylon . 630 

 Real 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 (note) 637 

 Giov. de Marignola, A.D. 1349 (note) 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 



