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5. A small cowry, with a design engraved on its upper 

 surface, may perhaps have been used as a toy, unless it 

 was a medium of exchange. 



6. A solid earthen disk or wheel 2*85 inches in diameter, 

 with a cylindrical hole in the centre, has apparently be- 

 longed to a small toy cart. The mark of the axle is to be 

 seen on one side of the disk. 



Personal Ornaments. 

 These consist chiefly of beads of various kinds, to which 

 reference is again made below, and parts of necklaces ; but 

 one or two other articles have been procured. Nearly all 

 these articles were found among the houses, and, with one 

 exception, they certainly belong to the oldest remains. The 

 exception is a broken glass bangle found with other things 

 in cutting a channel in the paddy field. (See " Household 

 Utensils," No. 19.) 



1. Two small copper bells.* Similar ones of silver are 

 now worn by small children. 



2. Three plain straight copper hair-pins, 2J inches long 

 and about '14 inch in diameter at the middle^ nearly cylin- 

 drical, but thicker at one end than the other. These were 

 used for passing through the knot at the back of the head. 



3. One hair-pin of ivory, 2*9 inches long and *30 inch 

 thick in the middle. This is notched on opposite sides to 

 prevent it from slipping out. 



4. Many circular, bright red, well-polished disks, both 

 whole and in pieces, which formed part of necklaces. They 

 have a circular hole in the centre for stringing them on the 

 necklace, and they average about *34 inch in diameter, but 

 vary from '52 inch to -13 inch. Mr. A. C. Dixon, B.Sc, 

 of Colombo, has been kind enough to examine some 

 of these, and he reports them to consist of silicate of 

 alumina. 



5. Beads of several kinds. Of course the majority are 



* In the procession at the dedication of the sacred ground at Auu- 

 radhapura, it is stated that " gorgeous flags tinkling with the bells 

 attached to them" were carried. (Mah., p. 99.) 



Also, in the description of Dutthagamini's throne in the Lohapasada, 

 it is said that " at the points of the canopy were suspended a row of 

 silver bells " (Mah„, p. 164.) 



