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Nirvana.— By Professor M. M. Kunte 1(53 



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



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



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

 Buddha's Sermon on Omens. — By Louis De Zoysa, Esq., 



Maha-Mudaliyar ... ... 216 



Notes on the Microscopical Characteristics of Feathers, 

 and their present analogy with a prohable abori- 

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



Sinhalese Folk-lore stories. — By W. Knight James, Esq. 225 



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

 The connection of the Sinhalese with the Modern Aryan 



Vernaculars of India. — By W. P. Ranasinha, Esq. 234 



