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it has been in the annotator's power to cull the information, will be 

 interesting for reference : — 



1800. — Kraal in Taogalla District. 1 Cordiner, 265. 



1801. — At Toppu in Negombo District, ibid. 



1820. — A battue near Kala-oya, North-Western Province. Field 

 Sports and Adventures in Ceylon, by Lieut.-Colonel J. F. 

 Campbell, who was Commandant of Kurunegala. 



1840. — At Pinkunuwalagala in Panawala, organized by Mahara 

 Ratemahatmaya and Molligoda Adigar. 



1845. — At Panawalagala, by Mahara Ratemahatmaya. 



1846. — At Panawalagala, by the same Ratemahatmaya. 

 Uncertain. — Medagodagala, by the same Ratemahatmaya. 

 Uncertain. — Dumbukaduwegala. by the sameJRatemahatmaya. All 



in the Three Korales. 



1846. — A kraal near Puttalam, organized by Mr. W. Morris, the 



Chief Officer of the District, Tennent's Natural History 

 of Ceylon, p. 235. 



1847. — At Nellugolla, Kurunegala District, during the Government 



of Lord Torrington. Tennent, vol. 2, p. 344 et sea. 



In the latter forties. — At Kuruganmodaragala, organized by Idda- 

 malgoda Basnayaka Nilame and Ekneligoda Dissawa. 

 In the fifties. — At Halpegala, by Iddamalgoda Basnayaka Nilame. 



Do. 



At Karandanagala, by Iddamalgoda Basnayaka 





Nilame. 



Do. 



At Kahanatugala. \ 



Do. 



At Galahingala. / All by the same chieftain, in the 



Do. 



At Niriellagalla. j Sabaragamuwa District. 



Do. 



At Millantiyegala. ) 



1850.— At Hatnagodagala, by Eheliyagoda Dissawa. 



Uncertain. — At Yagamagala, by the same Dissawa. 



1857.— At Nellugolla, on the banks of the Kimbulwana-oya, 

 Kurunegala District, during the administration of the 

 North- Western Province by Mr. E. L. Mitford, the first 

 Englishman to travel overland to Ceylon. 



1859. — Nellugolla, Kurunegala District. 



1860. — Ruwangirikanda, Kurunegala District. Resulted in a fiasco, 



the elephants breaking through the line of beaters and 

 retreating to the forest. Some German Princes were 

 among those present at the kraal, and the disappointment 

 of the chase was made up for by the arduous work which 

 the extinguishing of a big conflagration afforded them, 

 their shelter taking fire. 



