JOURNAL 



OF THB 



CEYLON BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



1856-58. 



VOL. III. — PART I. 



No. 9. 



WITED BY THE HONORARY SECRETARY. 



THE DESIGN OF THE SOCIETY IS TO INSTITUTE AND PROMOTE ENQUIRIE8 INTO THE HISTORY, 

 RELIGION, LITERATURE, ARTS, AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE PRESENT AND FORMER 



INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND, WITH ITS GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, ITS CLIMATE 



AND METEOROLOGY, IT8 BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY." 



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