CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



A Visit to Ritigala, in the North-Central Province. By A. P. 

 Green, Esq., f.e.s. ... ... ... *151 



Note on the Botany of Ritigala. By Henry Trimen, Esq., 



M.B., f.r.s., &c. ... ... ... ... *156 



Etymological and Historical Notes on Ritigala. By D. M. de 



Zilva Wickremasinghe, Esq. ... ... °160 



Paddy Cultivation Ceremonies in the Four Korales, Kegalla 



District. By H. C. P. Bell, Esq., CCS. ... ... °1G7 



Essay on the Construction of Zoological Tables, with a Tabular 

 Diagnosis of the Snakes of Ceylon. By A. Haly, Esq., 

 Director, Colombo Museum ... ... ... °172 



Johann Jacob Saar's Account of Ceylon, 1647-1657. Trans- 

 lated by Ph. Freudenberg, Esq., Imperial German Consul 233 



* Wrongly printed in the text as pages 1, 6, 10, 17, and 22, respectively. 

 The first 32 pages of this Journal should read 151 to 182. 



