LITEKART REGISTER SUPPLEMEHT : 
AND CEYLON 
"NOTES AND QUERIES." 
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accordiag as there is matter of sufficient value so to be preserved.] 
MONSIEUR BURNARD'S MEMOIR ON 
CEYLON. 
( Continued from page 155. ) 
Those that belong to the Etbandewe or Ele- 
phant hunt are 
Aeatchy. — The sergeant amongst them. 
Lascoryns, or Pannimedas, beino; messengers. 
DooREAS, Su|)ei intendents, also called Man- 
guedans. 
CoURNAKEAS.— That stable and take care of the 
new-canght elephants. 
Deccum-CAREAS.— That pay the Poll-tax 
annually. 
After which there follow eighteen low castes 
called Dahate Negarame, beginning with the 
principles tlie 
Navandanayo, or mechanirs, who although per- 
forming different kinds of trades, are of one caste 
and rank. The half of them may cover their 
niandoo with white clotli at their festivals, spread 
it upon the ground, use it on the place they e^t 
upon, have a fiag with an ape, called the Anoo- 
maiite, or Bavian painted thereupon, they also 
have torches lighted during day, and are honored 
by titles from the King according to their castes, 
but the fishermen do not eat with this caste, 
nor go to their feasts or otherwise. They give 
them white cloths, but will not tie the same, and no 
other of the lower castes but the Olias and Kinne- 
neaswill eat with them. 
ACHIARYS.- Smith. 
Badallo. — Silversmith. 
Waddooavo.— Carpenters. 
LlANO Waddoowo. — Turners. 
RiDiCETE Ancaeao, . or Tabydoors.— That 
mount silver and gold. 
Adatketteuncarao.— Cabinet makers and 
those that work in ivory. 
Galwadoowo.— Engravers, 
Katnundericarao.— Lapidaries. 
IwADOOWo. — Pike stick makers and Japanners, 
SiTTERO. — Japanners and Painters. 
LocooROOWO. — Brassf ounders. 
These mechanics eat together, snd form con- 
nections with each other. They are under the 
Dewale, Cuttal and Andebadde. 
Has NALEO.— Tailors who are obliged to work 
for the Government of the country. The 
washermen wash, but do not eat with them. 
They are also not entitled to honors of the white 
cloth, unless it is granted to them by the King. 
HOMMAROO — Shoemakers. They are at another 
place than in Kandy. The washermen will wash 
for them, but they do not receive the honors of 
the while cloth. 
Ambetteo. — Barbers. One of them must accom- 
pany the Governor wherever he goes. The 
washermen wash but do not eat with them, 
although they enjoy the honors of the wliite cloth. 
COOBELLO. — Poiter-. They are obliged to make 
earthern pots for the village temples and for 
the GovernniPnt. They have also their Dooreas 
and pay the Deccumor the Capitation tax. They 
wash but do not eat with them, and they do 
not enjoy the honors of the wliite cloth. 
Weinamo are the class of Baddanas or Ele- 
phant catchers. They track them, drive them 
into the krall, and if theie is any defect in the 
elephant (hey kill them with their great lances. 
The washermen wash, but do not eat with 
them, and they do not enjoy the honors of the 
white cloth. 
Haly or Chalias— Cinnamon Peelers. These 
are obliged to peel cinnamon for Government 
and thus discharge their tax. They have two 
Vidannas, being Mahabadde on the side of Belli- 
totte, and Koonebadde under tlie district of 
Malura. This caste has also their Military men, 
such as Mohandirams, who are chiefs of one or 
two Ranches of Lascoreens. They also have 
their Aratchys or Sergeants, Canganis or Corporals, 
and Lascoreens or Soldiers. 
The Vidane has the superintendence of a portion 
of the people in the appointed villages, and have 
also their Dooreas who act as Manguedans, or 
Impressers of the people, Liannas or Writers, 
Deccum-careas or payers of the capitation tax> 
and Nilecarios, cool'es or bearers. The washer- 
men .lo no not wash for them, but they have 
others called Hinaway, who do this business 
for them. They do not enjoy the honors of the 
white cloth. 
Hangakema, or the toddy-drawers of the Palmira 
trees, by them called Kitalgas, from which they 
make sugar. There are persons amongst them 
who smelt iron, and are called Imano. They 
provide rattans for fastening the elephact kralls. 
They stand under two Vidanies of their caste, 
the one being Malidoowepitegawe, and the other 
Canoomaal dimpitigawa, where there are Dooreas, 
Canganis, Lascoreens, Deccum-careas and coolies 
as amongst the Chalias. They do not enjoy 
the privilege of washing except from the Hiua- 
ways, nor that of the white cloth. 
HOONNO or Chi!<amberoS. — Chunam burners 
under whom there are different sorts of services, as 
the Hoonoodewea, their chief, who is accustomed 
to plaster the walls and give orders to the people. 
