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•other kind of imp lement than those worn by th 
Niellos, and are also to wear a small bell like 
them, and perform the labours of a cooly, besides 
to carry whatever kind of burden they may be 
ordered. 
5. Weidy. — These are also toddy-drawers of a 
degree lower than the last clasp, but they are no 
longer to be found in the Island, 
6. Calloo. — These are a degree still lower than 
the last, but they are not at present to be found on 
the Island. 
7. CoOLANG-woLLE-ELLO. — These are dancers at 
the Pagodas, both men and women, as well as at 
other places, to which they are ordered, being of a 
degree lower than the last mentioned class. 
8. Aramboo. — These are also dancers of the 
Temple or Iswarredewe Cowille, and will never 
dance at any other place, but they are of a degree 
lower than the above mentioned dancers. 
9. ACKERRAMO. —These make coir (or cocoanut- 
ropes) and are also liable to work at the smith's 
bellows and to beat with the hammer, and to bore 
holes iu timbers with the auger, and to do other 
works, being of a degree lower than the last. 
10. Agoonmady.— This is the last and lowest 
caste in the Island, with whom none of the rest 
will either eat or form connections, although the 
others practice toddy-drawing like these. They 
do not also receive the same honors as the foregoing, 
and have a peculiar kind of musical instruments, 
as an earthen pot, quite round, which has a hole 
on one side, which they stop with their hand, 
and on the other side a neck originally open, 
and covered with the skin of a guana, upon which 
they play with their hands. 
The two first classes of these enjoy so much 
of the privilege of white cloth,* and of their 
cloths being washed by washermen, as the careas, 
but they are not permitted to have the chanks 
blown. They have also an adealancody or a 
flag with a red lion painted in the middle upon 
a white ground, and the principal amongst 
them will not suffer the others to assume such 
honors as they please, diminishing the same 
from one class to another, and these castes are 
entitled to eat with careas or fishermen. There 
are amongst them Aratchys, Cangans, Lascoreens, 
Writers, Dooreas, Panickeas, Cournakeas, Deccum- 
careas, Annickeas, Gombadoocareas, Uluwadeas, 
Wiilananes, Cammelcareas and Nileearea. 
The Ohandos of this caste belong partly to the 
temple of Dander, partly to the Matura Ettele 
and partly to the Etbandannes, and are obliged 
to draw toddy at the villages where they reside, 
and some of them to serve at the smith's shops, and 
other vidanies. 
Those belonging to the Dewale (or Pagoda) of 
Dander are the 
Dooreas or Superintedents, as under the Cor- 
tadoors Deccumcareas, or those liable to the 
Poll Tax. 
GoMBADOOCANREAS. — The drivers of beasts of 
burden amongst whom they have their Dooreas. 
Annickeas.— Those that furnish people to 
labour at the smith's shop. 
Cammelcareas or those that work at the bellow, 
and with the great hammer. 
Oattoenno are cortadoors or fellers that fell 
down and cut wood. 
ZiNGARAN-CAREAS,or drum and tom tom beaters 
and others, that are called Mackedor Mohan- 
diraros. 
KOBNECARES, or those that play the haut-boys. 
Caheoocarea s, or the blowers of liorne. 
Those appertaining to Matura Ettele, or the 
elephant's stable at Matura are 
Aratchys, or he that takes care at the stable, 
that leaves are always given to the animal?, that' 
they are duly supplied with water and everything 
necessary in the stable. . 
LiAXNo,— The writer that writes down the names 
of the servants at the stable, and of the animal»t 
and the quantity of leaves that ought to be. 
brought by the bringer of grass. 
Cangany, or one that has also the care aft 
the stable. 
Pannigkeas, or those that tame the elephants. 
Cournakeas nr servants of the Panickeas, 
whose duty it is to tie the elephants as well a« 
to untie and to take them to water. 
Lascoreens, Pannimedas or messengers. 
VViTVEBANNAS.— The collectors of the Deccnm. 
Deccumcareas. — That pay the Poll-tax. 
Annickeas. — Those. that furnish people to work 
at the smith's shops. 
Cammslcareas.— Those that labour at the 
smith's shop. 
Hoodoohakooras. — That ought to provide white 
sugar for the head of the villa.ge. 
(To be continued.) 
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1903. 
C Extracted. ) 
Members. — During the past year 13 new members 
were selected, viz :— Pandit oavariRvyah, J Samara- 
divakara, Professor C • Daroiselle, Rev. Doa W J, 
Wijesinha, Dharma Kirti Sri Dharmirama, J Still, . 
A Anson, A Van der Poorten, J B Cacrathers, f i, s, 
I? Lnahington, A K Ooomiraswamv b. sc., A J 
Wiokramasinha and H R Dobree. One member re- 
signed, viz : A de A Beneviratna. Sir J A Swetten- 
ham CMG., and Advocate J C Walter Pereira have 
become Life-mambers. The Society now has on its 
roll 198 members incladiag 26 Life-members and 10 
Honorary members. The Coancil record with regret 
the de*th of the followiog membera of the Society, 
viz :— Dr. P D Aathouisz m. d., m. a., c. m. g. &c„ 
Mudaiiyar K J A Pohath and Mr N Balasubramaniyan, 
M. A, of Madras. Mudaiiyar Pohath joined the Society 
in 1892. A note by him on Sitiwardhanapara waa' 
published in the Society's Proceed iogs for 1890. Mr 
pohath coatribated some valuable aotes to a Paper 
Pntitled The Identification of the Siriwardhana- 
eara of the Mahawanaa, Chapter LXXX'" by the 
Right. Rev. R S Copleaton, d d late President of the 
Society. 
Library. — The additions to the Library during the 
year, inciading parts of periodicals, numbered 422. 
The Library is indebted for douationa to the follow- 
ing : — The Secretary of State for India, the Colonial 
Secretary, Mr Francisco L Pnlle, the Plague Com- 
mission of India, Dr A Carroll, Messrs, A K Goomara- 
swamy, Professor W CJeiger, P Arunaohalam c. o. s, 
Bhikka Ananda Maitriya, the Oberlia College, Ohio, 
Dr OVonDrathen, the University of Colorado, the 
American Museum of Natural History, the Director of 
Public Instruction, the Philosophical Society of Liver- 
pool, the Academy of Natural Scieaoes, Philadelphia 
John Hopkins University, India Office Library, 
L'Ecole Frangaise d'Estceme Orient, Revue Philo. 
logiqne &c., Iowa Qeolocical Survey, the Arcbsso. 
losical Survey of Burma, and the Library of Congress- 
Washington. 
Accommodation. — In 1898 the Council invited the 
attention of Government to the congested stale of the 
Library and referred to the subject touched upon ia 
the Annual Reports from 1888. His Excellency the 
Governor in reply then stated that he " shares th^ 
