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animal, and especially into a cow : that of the brave man 

 into a tiger, panther," &c. By the omission of a line B< 

 lias misled LeG. into making Ribeiro assert that the soul of 

 a wicked man passes into a domestic animal. LeG. also has 

 changed the iC panther " (" onga ") of Ribeiro into a " bear "' 

 (" ours "). Ribeiro mentions the belief of the Sinhalese that 

 those who have done well in one existence will have their 

 possessions doubled in the next ; and he adds : — . . .for 

 this reason these people do not inherit a real from their 

 parents, nor do married persons ever show each other the 

 money that comes into their hands, but everything that each 

 acquires he buries when the opportunity appears safe to him, 

 and thus nobody has anything of his own. When they die 

 they are found to have only some cattle and implements of 

 labour or similar things." LeG. has blundered over this as 

 follows: — . . .this is why they preserve nothing of what 

 he [the deceased] has amassed ; they bury all with him, and 

 only retain some cattle," &c. LeG. has an addition to this 

 chapter also. Lee renders his " Gones " and " Changatars" 

 by " gorunnanses" and .'" sang Mas" ; he has omitted the last 

 sentence of the Addition. 



Chapter XV. — LeG. omits the statement of Ribeiro that 

 the trees at the foot of which the Sinhalese placed their floral 

 offerings were called " Bodiames " (B. " badidmes "), i.e.* 

 " Bodihdmi " ? LeG. has a footnote as follows : — " All that I 

 have seen regarding the Heathen say that the Devil being 

 wicked it is necessary to try and get his friendship by rites 

 and presents or sacrifices ; and that God on the contrary being 

 all-good has need of nothing." This Lee has, most unjusti- 

 fiably, incorporated in the text as if it were Ribeiro's statement 

 and referred to the Sinhalese. Ribeiro says that there are 

 five kinds of poisonous snakes in Ceylon : this LeG. omits. 

 In the latter part of this chapter LeG. has taken many 

 liberties with the original. The last paragraph of Ribeiro is 

 as follows: — "They are said to have many other sorceries; 

 but I relate what I saw with my own eyes. There are among 

 them Astrologers, whom they call Nangatas : these, I doubt 



