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Hunting, method of 149 
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Impostors who attend the pearl fishery as con- 
jurers, 93; anecdote illustrative of their 
address and cunning, 94 
Improvements which would result from a better 
state of cultivation, 365 
Indian Ichneumon, its singular instinct, . . 3l)l 
Indian Roller, 308 
Inhabitants of Ceylon (see Candians, Cinglese, 
Bedahs, Dutch of Ceylon, Portuguese of 
Ceylon) 
Insects of Ceylon, 314; ants, several species, 
315; black scorpion, 317; centipedes, 317 ; 
spiders, very large, 318 ; the carpenter, 318 
Insurrections of the natives frequent, but 
quelled without mvich difficulty, 81 ; and in- 
stance, 233 ; how to prevent them, . . 234 
Interior of Ceylon, difficulties in the way of its 
conquest, 43 ; description, 57 ; inhabited 
by the Candians, and the Bedahs, 246 ; little 
explored, . -47 
J. 
Jacka, or jack-fruit tree, 322 
Jackalls, • • • 300 
Jafna, 70; its fort, 71; various inhabitants, 
71 ; their occupations and manners, 72; the 
district good for breeding horses, ..... 73 
Jafnapatam, 56, 68; description, 70; road 
from the south west difficult and danger- 
ous, 75 
Jaggery, a sugar from the cocoa-tree, . . . 326 
Jungle-fowl, 309 
K. 
Katapa, . 321 
Kennedy, Captain, his death, 393 
King of Candy, his palace, 251; his burial 
place, 252 ; his string of titles, 265 ; his 
character, 267 ; state, 267 ; revenues, 273 ; 
body-guard how armed, 403 ; his person 
and dress, 404 
Knox (Mr.) instance of his superstition, 213 
Kreese, a dagger used by the Malays, . , . 176 
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Lakes and canals, 6l 
Land-winds, hot and unwholesome, remedy 
against them, curious effects on glas, . . 69 
Language of the Ceylonese, 201 , two dia- 
lects, 202 
Learning of the Ceylonese, state of, .... 206 
Leeches of Ceylon, curious particulars res- 
pecting, 311; very troublesome on the 
March to Candy, 388 
Lightning, its violence and fatal effects at Co- 
lombo, 129 
Lubbahs, .72 
M. 
Macdowal (General) sent on an embassy to 
Candy, 377 ; refuses to prostrate himself to 
the King, 401 
Maclaren, a soldier, drowned, 378 
Malacca apple, . 320 
Malativoe, 68 ; abounds in game, 6S 
Malays, their good conduct at the capture of 
Colombo, 118; their origin, 168 ; persons, 
169; dress, 169, 170, 171; connection 
with their women dangerous, infidelity never 
pardoned, 171; education and food, 172; 
sports, 173; religion, 174; government, 
175; weapons, 176; intoxicate themselves 
with opium previous to any desperate enter- 
prize, 177 ; running a muck, 178 ; their 
ferocity diminished under the government of 
the English, 180; at first averse to the Eng- 
lish through the instigation of the Dutch, 182 
Malay regiment, their bravery and discipline, 
ISO; new modelled by^ governor North, 183; 
their arms, 183; implicit obedience to their 
native officers, 184; reflections thereon. 185 
Malivagonga river, 60 
Manaar, island of, origin of the name, 75 ; 
fort, city, and productions, 75; distance from 
the Coromandel coast, 76 ; gulph, 77; im- 
portance of the place, 81 ; appearance of the 
country, from this place along the coast, 83 
Mango, 319 
Mangusteen, 320 
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