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INDEX. 



^iccia cri spatula ]\Iitt., 289. 



River craft types seen in India, 185-90. 



Riingia pectinata Nees., 314. 



Saba, the Biblical Sheba. 193. 



St. Antonio Fernandes, J. F. see DeMello, F., et 



J. F. St. Antonio Fernandes. 

 Salvadora persica Linn., 308. 

 Sambuk, a type of boat, 142. 



Sangadam or double canoe, Godavari river, 186-7. 

 Sangara, an Indian trading vessel, 215. 

 Sankh-ka-Ra {c. 2743-31 B.C.), sea-going warships 



of, 192. 

 Sarcostemma hrevistigma Wt., and Arn., 310. 

 Scirpus littoralis Schrad., 293. 

 Sea-going ships on the East Coast of India, 



178-80. 

 Selaginella tenera Spring., 290. 

 Sembadavar caste (men), head measurements of, 



245- 

 Shanars, head measurements of, 238-41. 

 Shoe-dhoni, a peculiar sort of fishing craft, 175-6. 

 Sida cordifolia Linn., 306. 

 Sneferu [c. 2900 B.C.), vessels built and sent by, 



191-2. 

 SolaiiiDii lycupcrsicum, 313. 



,, trilobatiim Linu., 313. 

 South Indian (Chola) powers, their invasion of the 



Burmese coast by sea (c. 1025 A.D.), 211. 

 Strabo's account of trade between India and 



Egypt, 196. 

 Strychnos ? mix-vomica Linn., 309. 

 Siiaeda nudiflora Moq., 296. 

 Snnnetta scripta Linn., 272. 



Siirul in Hindu padagus, 179-80. 

 Sritta Pitaka, on sea voyages, 207. 

 Symphorema invohicratum Roxb., 313. 



Tephrosia purpurea DC, 300. 



Teppu, a peculiar craft of the Ganjam coast, 173. 



Thiindil-maram, or "hook-catamaran," 172. 



Tinospora cordifolia Miers., 297. 



Toddalia asiatica Lamk. var. gracilis Gamble, 302. 



Tridax procumbens Linn., 315. 



Tuticorin cargo lighter, 156-7. 



V 



Vald vathai, a kind of boat, 163. 

 Vandellia Crustacea Benth., 314. 



,, hirsuta Benth., 314. 

 Vellalas, head measurements of, 244. 

 Vernonia cinerea Less., 316. 

 Vessels employed by Indians in ancient days, 



215-24. 

 Vijaya's voyage to Ceylon, about 550 B.C., 210. 

 Vizagapatam fishing masulas, 175. 

 Vocabulary of peculiar vernacular Bengali words, 



321-436. 



W 



Walsura piscida Roxb., 303. 

 Weihea ceylanica Baill., 307. 



Y 



Yathra oruwa, a Sinhalese outrigger coaster, 

 158-9, 180. 



Z 

 Zizyphus Oenoplia Mill., 305. 



