440 
Index. 
1 
ride, 132 
Books made of the talipot leaf, 20S 
Boschover arrives at Candy, his reception and 
treaty with the king, 20 ; invites the assist- 
ance of Denmark, 28 ; his death, .... 28 
Breadfruit tree, 323 j breadfruit, how pre- 
pared, 324 
Buddou, the Saviour of the Ceylonese, 215; 
his worship, when introduced, 2l6; autho- 
rity of the priests, 2l6 ; temples, 218 ; 
general form of his images, 220 ; image in 
ivory, 220; festivals in honour of Buddou, 
224 ; curious temple and image, 391 
Buffaloes, how employed and description, 297 ; 
dangerous in their wild state, ........ 298 
Byragees, a sect of devotees> 80 
C. 
Calamander tree, 334 
Calpenteen, lOf 
Caltura, 145; its fort, 147 ; abundant in game, 
148; manufactures, 149 
Candy, 63; its situation, 249; description, 250 
Candians, haughty, 233; their jealousy of., 
foreigners, 247 ; of the Cinglese, 255 ; more 
athletic than the Cinglese, 256 ; general 
characteristics, 256 ; dress, 257 ; jealous of 
an intercourse with their wmmen, 258; their 
ranks and casts, 259 i definition of the 
name, 1 8/ ; a good understanding with them 
recommended, 280 
Candian dominions, 247 ; country bold and 
inaccessible, 248 ; formerly more flourishing, 
252; climate and diseases, 254; frontiers 
strictly guarded, 247, 276 
Candian government despotic, 262, 267, 272; 
monarchy elective, 263 ; mode of election, 
264 ; the king, 264 ; (see king) extravagant 
respect paid him, 266 ; civil and military 
establishment, 269 ; regular forces, 274 ; 
courts of justice, 279 
Carpenter, an insect so called, 318 
Cat’s eye, a mineral, its peculiarities, .... 356 
Centipedes, 317 
Ceylon, its commercial and political advan- 
tages, 2, 375 ; history before the arrival 
9 
of the Portuguese, 4 ; state at their arrival, 
6; geographical description, 55; aspect 
near the shore, 56 ; harbours and ports 59 j 
original division, 62 ; present division, 63 ; 
climate, 58; soil, 365; state of cultivation, 
363 ; state of the useful arts, 207 ; agricul- 
ture, 207 ; revenue, 368 ; likely to improve, 
369 ; military force, . . . . 369 
Ceylonese divided into Candians and Cinglese, 
186; origin, 187; persons, 188; food and 
singular manner of drinking, 189; general 
characteristics, 189; revengeful temper and 
anecdote illustrative of it, 19O; scrupulous 
observance of rank, igO, 194 ; courteous in 
behaviour, and grave in conversation, 193; 
attachment to their native land, 44, 243 ; 
attachment to their monarchs, 44 ; buildings 
and furniture, 192 ; licentious, 194; treat- 
ment of their wives, infringement of chastity 
no disgrace, 194; polygamy allowed, 196 ; 
marriage ceremonies, I96; divorce allowed, 
198; women soon look old, 199; Ceylonese 
fond of bathing, 199 ; sports not frequent, 
199 ; diseases peculiar to them, and the 
mode of cure, 200; language, 201; puncti- 
lious in their compliments, 203; division 
of time, 203 ; rude method of keeping an 
account of time, 204; reasons for supposing 
them formerly more enlightened, 204 ; reli- 
gion, 210; (see re%7o7i) funerals, 230 
Champagne, Col. hjs improvements at Trin- 
comalee, 59, 67 ; repairs the mineral springs 
at Cannia. 360 
Characteristics of the Ceylonese in general, 1 89 
Candians, . . . 
256 
Cinglese, . . . 
232 
Chilou, abundant in elephants, . . 
109 
Chittys, Choliars, and Chivias, . . . 
Cholias, cinnamon-cutters, 346 ; 
their privi- 
leges, 347 ; resisted the authority of our 
officers, 347 
Cinglese, definition of the name, 187 ; very 
conscientious, 230 ; humble in deportment, 
233; dress, 235 ; good artificers, 236; 
laws, 237 ; governed by native magistrates 
under the authority of the English, 237 ; 
