Rock Inscriptions. 



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To laugh 



Galupahenawa 



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To weep 



Irrawallukkan- 







awa 





To see 



Pekanawa 





To open 



Hapakaranawa 





To cook 



Navatkaranawa 





To eat 



Migannawa 





To beat 



Lukkanawa 





To kill 



Ralukaranawa 





To die 



Likkenawa 





To bury- 



Tavanawa 





To give 



Yappanawa 





Notice of various Rock Inscriptions in the North- Western 

 Province. By A. O. Bkodie, Esq. 



Having at various times, when traversing the jungles of 

 this Province, met with inscriptions engraven on rocks, I 

 have made copies of several, and beg herewith to lay them 

 before the Society, in the hope that some member may be 

 able to decipher or translate them. I am afraid that the ma- 

 jority will be found to possess no interest whatever, and that 

 some of them can scarcely be termed ancient. In most cases 

 these inscriptions are much defaced; and though I have 

 bestowed a considerable degree of trouble in tracing the 

 characters, I should have felt averse to trouble the Society 

 with such mutilated copies, were it not for the simple fact 

 that I am utterly ignorant of the languages in which they are 

 written, and may therefore hope that of each enough has 

 been preserved to make it intelligible. I now proceed to 



