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their conduct in consequence, 40 ; their ex- 
tortion, its ill effects, 40 j respectful beha- 
viour to the King, 41 5 treaty with him, 
45 ; causes of their not reaping all the ad- 
vantages they might have done from the 
possession of Ceylon, 53 
Dutch inhabitants of Ceylon, 158; their man- 
ners, 15y; very indolent, 16'0 ; treatment 
of their women, I6O; veneration of the 
women for their husbands, l6’2 ; appearance, 
manners, and dress of the women, .... 
,. ..16'2, 163, 16'4, 
E. 
Ediraalpani, 397 
Elephants, 288 ; mode of taming, 29 1 ; many 
destroyed in taming, 292 ; those of Ceylon 
superior to any other, 292 ; a small reptile 
very destructive of them, 292 ; mode of 
copulation, 293, sagacity, 390 
Elephant hunt, general description of, 289 ; 
usually in the neighbourhood of Matura, 29I 
Embassy to Candy, 377 ; preliminary cautions, 
378 ; force, 378-; presents to the King, 385 ; 
presents from the King, 408 ; Adigar re- 
monstrates against clearing a road, 386 ; an 
European killed by a coup de soleil, 388 ; 
difficulty of procuring necessaries, 395 j its 
rauses, 396 ; arrive near Candy, tiresome 
ceremonies, 399 5 the ambassador expected 
to prostrate himself to the king, refuses, 
401 ; hall of audience, 403 ; conversation 
in whispers; 405 ; object of the em- 
bassy,' ; 406 
England attempts to gain possession of Ceylon 
without succfess, 52 ; Succeeds in 1795, 64 
F. 
Falk, (the Dutch Governor) the first cultivator 
of cinnamon, 345 
Fish, curious mode of catching, 111; abun- 
dant, 318 
Florican a species of crane, 305 
Flormouse, a flying fox, 302 
Fly-catchers, two species, 308 
Flying Lizard, 314 
Fort Ostenburg, 66 
France attempts the conquest of Ceylon, 4-9 
Fruits of Ceylon, the mango. 319; Mangus- 
teen, 320 ; shaddock, 320 ; malacca apple, 
320; cushoo apple, 321; katapa, 321; 
paupa, 321; custard apple, 321 ; tamarind, 
321 ; jackfruit, 322; breadfruit, 323 ; cocoa- 
nut, 325 ; (see cocoa tree) betel nut, 328 ; 
black pepper, 329; cardamoms, 329; coffee, 
329 ; manghas, tradition respecting it, 335 
Funerals, 230 
G. 
Galkiest, 145 
Gamboge, 335 
Ganaroa, country pleasant, 39s 
Ganna Tenna, why so called, volcanic erup- 
tions, 397 
Garnet, 355 
Gazelle, a species of deer, 299 
Gonies, priests of the inferior Ceylonese dei- 
ties, 222 
Government of the British possessions in Cey- 
lon, , 238 
Guana, 312 
Guns of the Candians, 383 
Gurrawaddi, 37.9 
H. 
Heat of the climate better borne by Europeans 
than the natives, 387 
History of Ceylon before the arrival of the 
Portuguese, 4 
Hobart (lord) his reply when desired to pros- 
trate himself before theKing of Candy, 401 
Hondrews or Mahondrews, the nobles of the 
Cinglese, 238; their state, 239; manners 
and dress, 240 ; wedding-feast very magni- 
ficent, 241 
Honey-bird its singular instinct, 306 
Horses of Ceylon, 294 ; bred mostly in the 
district of Jaffna, 73 ; very spirited and 
seldom castrated, 295 ; used in Candy by 
the king only, , 277 
Hulst, theDutchgeneral comes to Ceylon, 35 ; 
is killed in an engagement, 36 
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