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(4) Isuru Kovila = chapel or church built on the site of the 
dewdla from its materials. 
(5) Kaikawala=(Tam. kai, hand, and kdwal, guard) the sentry- 
post where the watch was kept by guards armed with bows, spears, 
and swords = (?) Kaduwela. 
(6) Ganehena (not mentioned in sandesa). 
(7) Valambalama = Velitalawa = Talangama. 
(8) [Valpola]. 
(9) Sumutana = Himbutana. 
(10) Gurubevila = Vana-guru-godella ; godella has the same 
signification as bevilla, contracted into bevila, a " mound." 
(11) Diyaheba (not mentioned in sandesa). 
(12) Guruluketa = Burrulla-keta = Burulketa. 
(13) Velandagoda = Belagama. 
(14) Veralana. 
(15) Kitsirimevan Kelaniya = (Megoda) Kelaniya on hither 
bank. 
(16) Maskeliya, on hither bank of the river, where the "fish" 
{mas = matsya) " gambol" (kelanavd). 
E. W. Pebera. 
APPENDIX D. 
From the "Ming-sliih," or History of the Ming Dynasty, and 
" Hsi-yang-ch'ao-Kung-tien-lu," or Records of Tribute Missions 
from the West, we learn that the famous eunuch Chengho carried 
Chinese arms as far as Ceylon during the reign of Zunlo (1403 to 
1425). — Report of the U. S. National Museum, under direction 
of Smithsonian Institute, for year ending June 30, 1888, p. 428. 
E. W. Perera. 
APPENDIX E. 
Mr. Perera says that " the Selalihini Sandesa describes the route 
between K6tte and Kelaniya. The distance being short, the 
bird is made to take a circuitous course, by way of Gurubebila 
(Hanwella) on to Kelaniya, to enable the poet to describe the 
intervening country." This is not correct. The bird would 
appear to have taken the then usual route, and the places described 
in the work all lie between K6tte and Kelaniya. Gurubeula men- 
tioned in the sandesa is the village now known as Vanagurugodella, 
situated about midway between Kotte and Kelaniya, and not 
Gurubebila in Hanwella. In thf Hansa Sandesa, the swan 
