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INDEX. 
Mahout, alleged short life, 222. 
Malacopterygii abdomijudes, 362. 
sub-branchiati, 362. 
apoda, 362. 
Mammalia, 3. 
Monkeys, 5. 
Rilawa, 5. 
— Wanderoo, 6. 
error as to the Ceylon Wanderoo, 6. «. 
Wanderoo, mode of flight among trees, 9 
monkeys never found dead, 11. 
— Loris, 12. 
tortures inflicted on it, 13. 
— - Bat, flying fox, 14. 
skeleton of, 14. 
attracted by toddy to the coco-nut 
palms, 18. 
horse-shoe bat, 18. 
— parasite of the bat, Nycteribia, 20, 21. 
— bears, 22. 
bears dreaded in Ceylon, 24. 
leopards, 25. 
. attracted by the odour of small pox, 28. 
— anecdote of a leopard, 29. 
lesser felines, 32. 
dogs, Pariah, 34. 
jackal, 34. 
■ the jackal's horn, 36. 
• Mongoos, 37. 
. assaults of Mongoos on the serpent, 38. 
squirrels, 41. 
the flying squirrel, 41. 
rats, the rat snake, 42. 
— coffee rat, 43, 44. 
— bandicoot, 44, 45. 
— porcupine, 45. 
pengolin, 46-48. 
— the gaur, 49. 
the ox, 50. 
— anecdote of, 51. 
draft oxen, 51-53. 
the buffalo, 54. 
— — sporting buffaloes, 55. 
— peculiarity of the buffalo's foot, 56. 
deer, 57. 
meminna, 57, 58. 
Ceylon elk, 59. 
wild boar, 59. 
elephant, 59, 75. 
whale and dugong, 68, 69. 
peculiarities of Ceylon mammalia, 73. 
list of, 73. 
Manaar, mermaid taken at, 69. 
— elephants shipped at, 162. 
pearl fishery, 373. 
Manis. See Pengolin, 46. 
Mantis, 410. 
Massoudi, on the use of elephants in war, 
211 n. 
his account of pearl-diving, 377 ». 
Mastacembelus, 338. See Eels. 
Megasthenes' account of the mermaid, 69. 
Mehemet Ali, story of, 34. 
Melania Paludina, its habit of burying itself, 
355. 
— its hybernation, 355. 
Melania, story of a law suit decided by, 355 n. 
Meleagrina, 373 n. See Pearl fishery. 
Meminna deer, 58. 
Mercator, 68. 
Mercer, Mr., his story of an elephant fight,86. ' 
Mermaid, 68. See Dugong. 
Mermaids, at Manaar, 69. 
at Amboina, 70. 
at Booro, 71. 
at Edam, 72. 
Millipeds, Julus, 477. 
Mites, 472. 
Mollusca. See Shells. 
Molyneux, on the anatomy of the elephant, 
122 n. 
Mongoos, 38. See Ichneumon. 
species at Neuera-ellia, Herpestes Vitti- 
collis, 38. 
story of its antidote against the bite of 
serpents, 39. 
its mode of killing snakes, 39. 
Monkeys, 5. 
never found dead, 11. 
a white monkey, 8. 
Moors of Galle, make ornaments of the ele- 
phant's teeth, 153. 
Moors, as caravan drivers, 53. 
Moose deer, 58. See Meminna. 
Morris, Mr., account of fishes on land, 348. 
Mosquitoes, their cunning, 434. 
— — Herodotus, account of, 436. 
probably the plague of flies, 434 n. 
Moths, 427. See Insects. 
Munster, Sebastian, 68. 
Musical fishes, 380. 
account of, at Batticaloa, 380. 
i similar phenomena at other places, 
383 n. 
fishes known to utter sounds, 384. 
Tritonia arborescens, 385. 1 
Musk, 32. 
Mygale, spider, 465. 
Myriapods, 472. 
Narric-comboo, 37. See Jackal's Horn. 
Natural history neglected in Ceylon, 3. 
Neela-cobeya, pigeon, 258. 
Neuroptera, 411. 
Nietner, on Ceylon insects, Introd. 
Nycteribia, parasite of the bat, 20, 21. 
its extraordinary structure, 22. 
Odoric of Portenau, his cure for leech bites, 
481. 
his account of birds with two heads, 243. 
his account of fishes in Ceylon, 324 n. 
