JOURNAL 



OF THE 



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 ENQUIRIES 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, ITS BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY." 



COLOMBO : 



PRINTED AT THE " TIMES OF CEYLON" PRESS 



1883. 



