CONTENTS. 
interesting reconciliation ; Clever manoeuvring of 
the tattdn’s wife ; How wives gain their ends ; 
An example in civilized life ; Why we should study 
one another’s characters ; The way to manage coolies ; 
A retrospect and a groundless fear. 
" CHAPTER XLVII. 
The Visit of the Washerman : — 
“ Vannan vandaradu''^ ; ‘‘To what base uses may 
we come ’’ ; Obtaining money under false pretences ; 
The boy’s raiment ; Letting out clothes ; A runaway 
wife ; A duenna and her charge ; A kind-hearted 
planter ; Very likely ; A prying servant ; One in 
the eye ; The ruling passion ; A trap ; A catastrophe ; 
Virtue’s reward ; A good master ; Coconut oil ; 
Missing clothes ; The tappal-runner ; A bad cough ; 
Trading on her own account ; The flowered vest. 
CHAPTER XLVIII. 
'The Ceylon Muhammadans : — 
The moormen of Ceylon and their characteristics ; 
The population of the world ; The koran and some 
extracts from it ; Religious toleration and persecu- 
tion ; Hassan Tambi ; Mile-posts, and an accident 
through the age of one ; A sign in the heavens 
and what it betokened ; A miraculous spring ; 
Hassan’s mediations on the subjects of house erec; 
tion and wives; His interview with “master”; 
The fault of speaking too much ; A frequent cause 
of discontent; An interchange of “luckpenny”; 
Hassan’s mode of carrying on business ; Major Os- 
born on Islamism ; The “doseh” at Cairo; Out- 
ward forms of religion ; Where Hassan Tambi put 
his luckpenny ; Conclusion and concluding remarks. 
