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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 
ANTS— Continued Page 
Honey ant, whose stomach is developed into 
a food reservoir for the rest of the ant 
colony 746 
Larvffi of the Texan agricultural ant 754 
Lasins {Acanthomyops) claviger, colony of, a 
common subterranean ant in the Eastern 
States 745 
Mound of the thatching ant of Colorado 760 
Nest-chamber of a small Texan fungus-grow- 
ing ant 753 
Nest, large, of the mound-building ant 75S 
Nest of an arboreal Brazilian ant 762 
Nest of a small Texan fungus-growing ant, 
section of the 752 
Nest of a very common ant 742 
Nest of the Occident ant, which builds incu- 
bators for its young 759 
Queens of a common ant 733 
"Replete" workers hang from the vaulted roof 
of a chamber in a cluster 747 
Stomach or "repletes," the family, of the 
honey ant of the Garden of the Gods. . . . 748 
ASIA: 
Ceylon : 
Anuradhpura, Buddhist Monastery, remains of 
the brazen palace at 152 
Anuradhpura: King Dutthagamini, statue of, 
three Buddhas, and King Batiyatissa I... 155 
Anuradhpura: "Moonstone," semi-circular, at 
foot of steps 157 
Anuradhpura: Ruanweli Dagoba, a solid mass 
of brickwork 200 feet high 154 
Anuradhpura: Steps, flight of, with guardian 
stones at either side and "moonstone" at 
foot 156 
Boat, first to leave the banks after the morn- 
ing dive 183 
Buddhist temple and dagoba, with Sinhalese 
nuns and priest 109 
Candle tree, or Parmentiera 124 
Canoe, outrigger no 
Carts, bullock, on a country road 106 
Colombo, banyan tree in the gardens of 142 
Colombo: Mount Livinia, outrigger canoe on 
sea beach 112 
Colombo, shore road near, bordered with 
cocoa, palms 114 
Dambool, cavern, natural, in the great Rock 
of, where King Walagambahn took refuge 148 
Dambool, cave temple in the Rock of, rear 
of the, with statue of King Walagambahn 
and 50 images of Buddha 149 
Diver, an Arab, from the Persian Gulf, with 
nose-clip i79 
Divers receiving their wages in oysters , 189 
Elephant, a baby, at lunch time 118 
Elephant clearing land 116 
Fleet returning from the pearling grounds... 184 
Graphite, women hand-cleaning, sifting, and 
breaking large pieces of, after screening. 172 
Hakgalla Botanical Garden, tree ferns in 139 
.,- ^ Jack-fruit tree, the 123 
.J.uggler, the basket trick, showing boy after 
^ j. • ,. the, sword has been run repeatedly 
. ; through the basket. 120 
Kandyan chief, daughters of a 132 
ASIA: Ceylon — Continued Page 
Kandyan country, view of the, looking toward 
the Matele Hills 137 
Kandyan king, a 147 
Kandy : Assam rubber tree, Peradeniya Gar- 
dens 131 
Kandy, bamboo, clump of giant, by the river 
bank in Peradeniya Gardens 130 
Kandy, Buddah and -elaborately decorated 
shrine, Lankatilaka Temple, ir miles from 138 
Kandy, elephants of a Kandyan chief bathing 
in the Mahaweli-Ganga, near 119 
Kandy, priest and acolytes of the Temple of 
the Tooth at 150 
Kandy: Sinhalese girls and women, Kandyan 
jackets 113 
Kandy, street scene in in 
Kandy: Students for the Buddhist priesthood 
at the Dalada Malagawa, Temple of the 
Tooth 151 
Kandy: Tooth, sacred, special exhibition of 
the 206 
Kelani, suburb of Colombo, images in outer 
corridor of the Buddhist temple at 144 
Ladderway, bamboo, in graphite pit 171 
Marichchukaddi, main street in, the pearl 
town of 50,000 people 177 
Matale, the Alu Vihara, a cave temple and 
monastery near 146 
Xegombo Canal, made by the Dutch, connect- 
ing Negombo and Colombo 108 
Pandanus, or screw palm 122 
Pearl buyers, of many races and creeds 191 
Pearl divers, Arab, at work 180 
Pearlers look more like piratical crews than 
peaceful laborers, the 181 
Pearl fakirs, the 192 
Pearl fleet preparing to sail for the pearl 
grounds, the 178 
Pearl oysters being carried from the boats 
into the government kottus to be counted 
and apportioned, the 186 
Pearl oysters, the best part of a million of.. 188 
Polonnaruwa, sleeping Buddha at 160 
Polonnaruwa, King Parakrama the Great, 
statue of, at i59 
Polonnaruwa, Palace of Seven Stories, or Sat- 
Mahal-Prasada at 158 
Sausage tree, the 126 
Sinhalese children 121 
Sinhalese girl 141 
Staircase of 1,840 granite slabs leading to the 
top of Mihintale, the sacred mountain... 136 
Storehouses, or kottus, the government, where 
the oysters are safeguarded and auctioned 
off 190 
Talipot palm tree, on whose dried leaves, or 
olas, the Buddhist Scriptures were written 125 
Tamil, a young 129 
Tamil girl 128 
Tamil girl of Eastern Province 140 
Tamil woman and children i43 
Tamil woman at Jaffna, with necklaces of 
coins and beaten gold i34 
Tamil woman of Ceylon, with rings on her 
toes 133 
