Index. 
tivation of their minds strongly recommend- 
ed, 242 ; (for a more general character 
see Ceylonese.) 
Cinglese women fond of intercourse with 
Europeans, . 193 
Cinglese temples, lo-i, 222 
Cinnamon, thegovernmentestablishment, 34-6'; 
mode ot preparing for exportation, 348 ; 
its qualities how ascertained, 349 ; oil made 
from the refuse, 330 ; hints for improving 
the revenue derived from it, 332 
Cinnamon-tree, 340 j soil best adapted to it, 
341 ; different sorts and their qualities, 342, 
344 ; its leaf and blossom, 342 j fruit, 343 ; 
prohibition against cutting walking sticks 
from it, 343 > seasons of barking, .... 346' 
Cinnamon-gardens, described, 341 
Civil courts, 109; civil establishment of the 
Dutch, 374 
Climate, in general, and seasons, 58 ; climate 
near C'olumbo, 130; climate less enfeebling' 
than that of India, 146 ' 
Cocoa tree, its various uses, 324 ; anecdote 
respecting them, 326 ; cord made from it, 
324 ; produces toddy, 325 ; afterwards 
sugar, 326; the wood very useful, 326; 
dexterity of the natives in climbing it, 327; 
estimation in which it is held, 327 
Cocoa nut oil, 325 
Columbo, captured by the English, 1131 
pusillanimous conduct of the Dutch on the 
occasion, 114; attributed to Jacobinical 
principles, II6; its geographical position, 
120; fort, 121; town, 123, 125; govern- 
ment house, 124; bad water, 125, con- 
struction of the houses, 126 ; hospital, 128; 
garrison, 128; harbour, 129; Pettah or 
black town, 133 ; well supplied with fish, 
134; variety of inhabitants, 136; lan- 
guage, 137 ; articles of trade, 137 ; current 
coin, 138; expenses of living, 141; lodg- 
ings dear, 143 ; description of the country 
round, 144 
Concessions to the Dutch on the expulsion of 
the Portuguese, ^ 39 
Condatchy Bay, the place of the pearl fishery. 
441 
85 ; the various people who frequent it, 99 ; 
their knavery, - 102 
Conde-udda, a Candian province, 249 
Cordage, from the cocoa tree, 324 
Cotton-tree, 333 
Covra-capello snake, 309 ; fascinated by- 
music, 310 
Covra-manilla, 3t0 
Cowpox introduction of, recommended, . . 201 
Crows extremely troublesome, 127, 307 ; 
useful in clearing away the filth, 127, 307 
Crystals, various sorts, ... 236 
Cultivation state ot, 363 
Cushoo Apple, 321 
Custard Apple, 321: 
D, 
Danes, assist the Dutch in expelling the Por- 
tuguese from Ceylon and fail, 28; plant a 
colony on the Coromandel coast, .... 28 
De Wert and his attendants murdered by th« 
Ceylonese, 19 
Dexterity of the natives in climbing the cocoa- 
tree, 327 
Diamonds, their quality, 354 
Digliggy neur, 231 
Diomede frigate sunk, 64 
Dissauvas, their office and power, 270 
Discipline of the English troops at the capture 
of Columbo, 118 
Divorce freely allowed by the Ceylonese, 19S 
Dogs of the Bedahs, 286 
Don John (the king of Ceylon) his character 
and death, 20 
Donna Catherina, her characterand death, 25 
Dondre-head, its different appellations, . . 153 
Doyle General, *32 
Dutch extend their commerce and conquests, 
17 ; contrast between them and tlie Portu- 
guese, 18 ; they com -to Ceylon, 18; offer 
to assist in expelling the Portuguese, I9 ; 
enter into a treaty, 20 ; send an embas.sy in 
1636, and form another treaty, 31 ; enter 
into a treaty with the Portuguese, 34 p expel 
the Portuguese, 37 ; concessions made to 
them by the King on this occasion, 39 » 
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