15 JUH1910 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



CEYLON BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



1909. 



VOLUME XXI. 

 No. 62. 



EDITED BY THE HONORARY SECRETARY. 



The design of the Society !& ttfHfmiTuw^^/promote inquiries Into the 

 History, Religions, Langu^e^g^psta^ef'Arts, and Social Condition 

 of the present and former InFaBTfants of the Island, with its 

 Geology and Mineralogy, its Climate and Meteorology, 

 its Botany and Zoology. 



Price : to Members, Re. 1 ; to N on- Member a, Rs> 2. 



COLOMBO : 



H. C. COTTLE, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CEYLON. 



1910. 



