446 
lndex> 
Talipot leaf, 331; used for parasols, 192; to 
write upon, 205 
Talipot tree, 331 
Tamarinds, ..321 
Tamblegam, village of, 133 ; its artifi cia 
lake, 156 
Tanna, a sort of grain, 339 
Tea-plant, spontaneous in Ceylon, 330 
Temples, and images, 218; temple near Cal- 
tura, 1-17 , at Oogulbodda, 219; image in 
Eiligamme corle, 223 ; architecture of the 
temples, 222 ; ruins of a temple, 382 ; 
temple and image of Buddoii, 391 
Thunberg (Dr.) information derived from his 
work, 340 
Thunder, dreaded by the Ceylonese, 211; 
extremely loud, 3S5 
Time, division of among the Ceylonese, 203 ; 
mode of keeping an account of time, . . 204 
Tirinanxes, the priests of Buddou, their au- 
thority, 2 i 6 ; costume, 217 
Toddy, a liquor produced from the cocoa- 
tree, 325 
Topasses, troops raised from among the Portu- 
guese of Ceylon, l6'7 
Topaz, 355 
Torture on the rackemployed by theDutch, 124 
Tourmalins, 355 
Traditionary accounts of the island not to be 
depended on, 4 
Treacherous cruelty of the Dutch at Barbareen» 
159; at Tiraar, 181 ; -at Amboyna, ..182 
Treaty between the Dutch and Portuguese, 34 ; 
the Dutch and King of Candy, 46 ; an- 
other, 20 
Trees of Ceylon, plantain, 322; jacka, 322; 
bread-fruit, 323; cocoa, 324; betel, 328 ; 
palm, 330 ; sugar-tree, 330; tea-tree, 330; 
talipot, 331; banyan, 332; cotton, 333 ; 
tick-wood, 333 ; nando-wood, 334 ; satin- 
wood, 334; calamander, 334; manjapameram, 
334; sindric mal, 335 ; ebony, 335; gam- 
boge, 335 ; cinnamon, 340 ; (see cinnamon) 
Trincomalee, improvements by Colonel Cham- 
pagne, 59, 6? ; taken by General Stewart 
in 1795, 64 : description of the town, 65 ; 
fort, 65 ; harbour, 66 ; climate unhealthy, 6[ 
U. 
Utility of a strong military force in Ceylon, 371 
V. 
Vaddahs (seeBedahs) 
Vegetables, a necessary article of food, 142 ; 
cause of their scarcity, 140 
W. 
Walgoagoodi, why so called, 397 
Water, mode of conveying, 125 
Whips, of a curious kind, used in proces- 
sions, 26s 
Whitlie (Captain) his good management of the 
Malay regiment, 183 
White, the Candian royal colour, 382 
Woodpeckers, 305 
Writing, method of, 205 
Y. 
Young (lieutenant) his account of a male and 
female elephant, 293 
FINIS. 
C. and R. Baldwin^ Bnnters, 
NcvV Bndgc-stieet, London, 
