INDEX. 
499 
Snakes, tamed snakes, 299 n.^ 
■ snakes crossing the sea, 300. 
curious tradition of the cobra-de- 
capello, 300. 
uropeltis, and explanation of the popu- 
lar belief, 302. 
reluctance of Buddhists to kill snakes, 
303. 
— — python or " boa," 303. 
tree snakes, 305. 
i — — the Passeritafusca, 306. 
water snakes, 308. 
I sea snakes, 308. 
• their geographical distribution, 309. 
. their habits, 310. 
! caecilia, 317. 
Snake-stone, its alleged virtue, 312. 
anecdotes of its use, 312. 
— analysis of, by Professor Faraday, 
315. 
Sofala, pearls at, 375 n. 
Solinus, on the elephant, 103. 
Soothsayer insect, 410. 
Spectre butterfly, 426. 
Spiders. See Arachnida, 464. 
. at Gampola, 465. 
— at Pusilawa, 471. 
Squirrel, 41. 
— the flying squirrel, 41. 
Star- fish, 396. See Radiata. 
Stick insect, 410. See Insects. 
Stinging caterpillars, 429. 
Strabo, his account of fishes on dry land, 
346. 
Strachan, Mr., account of the elephants 
shipped at Ceylon, 163 n, 210 n. 
Stuckley, on ithe anatomy of the elephant, 
123 n. 
Sumatra confounded with Ceylon, 67. 
elephant of, 64. 
points in which it differs from that of 
India, 65. 
Sun bird, 249. See Birds. 
Superstitions : — Singhalese folk-lore regard- 
ing bears, 24 n. 
leopards, 27, 29. 
mongoos, 38. 
kabra-goya, 273. 
— cobra-de-capello, 300. 
use of snake-stones, 315. 
elephants' burial-place, 236. 
Suriya trees, caterpillars on, 429. 
Syrnum Indranee, 246. See Devil-bird. 
Swallows, 248. See Birds. 
Sword-fish, 328. 
Tailor-bird, 251. See Birds. 
Tamblegam, lake of, 380 . 
pearls, 380. 
Tarentula, Mygalefasciata, 465. 
Tarentula, fight with a cockroach, 467. 
numerous at Gampola, 465. 
Tavalam, a caravan of bullocks, 53. 
Tavernier, error as to Ceylon elephants, 203, 
214. 
Taylor, the translator of Aristotle, his error 
as to elephants' joints, 102. 
Tchitrea paradisi, 250. 
Temminck, his discovery of the Sumatran 
elephant, 64. 
his account of it, 65. 
Templeton, Dr. R. A., his knowledge of 
Ceylon, Introd. 
his valuable aid in the present work, ib. 
his cultivation of zoology, 4. 
— — notice of Ceylon monkeys, 6. 
Termites, white ants, their ravages, 412. 
whence comes their moisture, 412 n. 
Terrapins, 290. 
Terrier, attacks an elephant, 85. 
Testudinata, 289. 
Thaun, Philip de, on the elephant, 104. 
Theobaldus' Physiologus, 104. 
Theophrastus' account of fishes on dry 
land, 344, 345. 
Thevenot, on the Ceylon elephant, 203. 
Thomson's " Seasons," error as to the ele- 
phant, 106. 
Thunberg, account of the snake-stone, 317. 
Thysamura, 484. 
Ticks, 475. 
Tic-polonga, 296. See Reptiles. 
Tiger at Trincomalie, 25 n. 
Toad, 319. 
Torrington, Viscount, his tax on dogs, 
S3. 
Tortoises, 289, 291. See Turtle. 
parasite of, 289. 
fresh-water tortoises, 290. See Terra- 
pins. 
Tortoise-shell, cruel mode of taking, 293. 
Tree frogs, 320. 
Tree snakes, 304. 
Trepang, 396. See Sea-slug. 
Tritonia arborescens, 385. See Musical 
Fish. 
letter on, 401. 
Trombidium tinctorum. See Mites. 
Trumpeting of elephants, 97, 201. 
Trunk, elephant's, origin of the name, 
97 ». 
Tsetse fly of Africa, 40. 
Turbinella rapa, 371. See Chank, 
Turtle, 291. See Reptiles. 
barbarous treatment of, 291. 
Tushes, 79. 
Tusks, 79. See Elephant ; Ivory. 
— — fallacy that they are shed, 79. 
weight of, 80. 
their uses, 80. 
singular shapes of, 88 n. 
