No. 25. 

 1882. 



Nirwana. — By Professor M. M. Kunte ... 163 



Two Sinhalese Inscriptions. — By B. Gunasekara, Esq., 



Government Translator ... ... ... ... 181 



Folk-lore in Ceylon. — By W. Gunatilaka, Esq., ... 208 



Buddhas Sermon on Omens. — By Louis De Zoysa, Esq., 



Maha-Mudaliyar 216 



Notes on the Microscopical Characteristics of Feathers, 

 and their present analogy with a probable abori- 

 ginal form. — By F. Lewis, Esq., 222 



Sinhalese Folk-lore Stories. — By W. Knight 



James, Esq., 225 



Ruins at Veheragala — By P. A. Templer, Esq., c.c.s. 232 



The connection of the Sinhalese with the Modern 

 Aryan Vernaculars of India. — By W. P. Rana- 

 sinha, Esq., 234 



Extra No. 

 1882. 



Ibn Batiita in the Maldives and Ceylon (Translated 

 from the French of M. M. Defremery and San- 

 guinetti) .— By Albert Gray, Esq.,, m.r.a.s. ... 1 — 60 



Proceedings, 1881 ... ... ... ... ... i 



Do. 1882 ... ... ... ... ... lxi 



6 FEB 1887 



