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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
bronze shield with a device upon it, also an old painted cloth with 
bo-leaf corners. The centre chair was reserved for human diseases, 
the two to the extreme right for cattle. 
I took out three typical weapons to the outer court and photo¬ 
graphed them. The men said they would not touch them, but I 
could if I wished, nevertheless they were nervous. I presented 
twenty-five cents to the main “ chair ” and ten cents to each of the 
others where I had moved a weapon, which seemed to be right and 
received grunts of approbation. They showed great anxiety that 
I should put the weapons back in the correct chair. The lower 
dewale is the Nikahetiya dewale. 
Following is a list of the seventeen putuwas or seats of the gods, 
together with the purposes for which they are severally invoked :—- 
( 1 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 3 ) 
( 4 ) 
( 5 ) 
( 6 ) 
(9) 
Kintibandara-deyiya. For cattle. 
Abimana-deyiya. For infants. 
Kadora-deyiya. Diseases of women. 
Kalubandara-deyiya. For everyone. 
Irugalbandara-deyiya. For everyone. 
Pitiya-deyiya. For cattle. 
(7) Pallebadda-deyiya. For cattle. 
(8) Hantane-deyiya. Not ascertained 
Kalukumara-deyiya. Smallpox. 
and 
De wat abandara-deyiy a. Chickenpo x. 
(10) Kiyulagedera-alut-deyiya. Cattle. 
(11) Wannibandara-deyiya. Cattle. 
(12) Kumara-deyiya. Cattle. 
(13) Hadunkumara-deyiya. Crying of infants not taking milk. 
(14) Diwa-deyiya. Crying of children not taking milk. 
(15) Monerawela-deyiya. Cattle. 
(16) Kohomba-deyiya. Barrenness in women. 
(17) Kaludewata-deyiya. Everyone. 
[Here ends the manuscript on the votive offerings in the cave- 
dewales of Ceylon.] 
