JOURNAL 



OF THE 



CEYLON BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 



As the List of Members furnished to the 

 Editing Secretary needs much revision, it 

 las been omitted from the present Number 

 )f the Journal. 



hjum lluju di l ajn, avi\ un/v it r ainjitETARY 



The design of the Society is to institute and promote inquiries into the History, 

 Religions, Languages, Literature, Arts, and Social Condition of the present 

 and former Inhabitants of the Island, with its Geology and Mineralogy, 

 its Climate and Meteorology, its Botany and Zoology. 



COLOMBO : 



H. C. COTTLE, ACTING GOVERNMENT PRINTER, CEYLON. 



1893. 



