Padivil, the great tank, 262.
Pallegoix, on the elephants of Siam, 98 _n_.
on the fishes of Siam, 347.
Palm-cat, 32.
Panickeas, elephant catchers, 150, 158.
their skill, 159.
Pariah dogs, 33.
Paris, Matthew, on the elephant, 103.
Paroquets, their habits; anecdote of, 256.
Passeres, 248.
Patterson, R., Esq., _Introd_.
Pea-fowl, 244. _See_ Birds.
fable of the jackdaw, 244.
Pearl fishery of Ceylon, its antiquity, 373.
dreary scenery of Aripo, 373.
disappearances of the pearl-oyster, 374.
capable of transplantation, 376.
operation of diving, 377.
endurance of the divers under water, 377.
growth of the pearl-oyster, 379.
pearls of Tamblegam, 380.
Pelicans, 262.
strange scene at their breeding place, 263.
Pengolin, 46.
its habits and food, 47.
skeleton of, 48.
Phile, his account of the elephant, 103.
error as to its joints, 107.
describes its drinking, 121 _n_.
its dispositions, 216 _n_.
on the elephant's ear, 224.
on elephants burying their dead, 235.
Phillipe, on the elephant of Ceylon, 209.
Phyllium, 410. _See_ Leaf Insect.
Physalus urticulus, 400. _See_ Portuguese Man-of-war.
Pictet, Mon., his derivation of the word "elephant," 76 _n_.
Pigeons, 257. _See_ Birds.
Pigeons, Lady Torrington's pigeon, 258.
_Placuna placenta_, pearls of, 380.
_Planaria_, 398. _See Radiata_.
Pliny's nereids, 72 _n_.
error as to elephants shedding their tusks, 79 _n_.
error as to their antipathy to other animals, 85.
error as to elephant's joints, 100.
account of the _machlis_, 101 _n_.
his knowledge of the vulnerability of the elephant's head, 144 _n_.
of fishes on dry land, 346.
Ponnekella. _See_ Mahout.
Polybius' account of fishes on dry land, 346.
Pomponius, Mela, account of fishes on land, 346.
Porcupine, 45.
Portuguese belief in the mermaid, 69.
Man-of-war, 400.
Pott, his derivation of the word elephant, 76 _n_.
Presbytes _cephalopterus_, 7.
_ursinus_, 6, 9.
_Thersites_, 6, 10.
its fondness of attention, 10.
_Priamus_, 10.
its curiosity, 11.
Protopterus of the Gambia, 352.
Pseudophidia, 322.
Pterois volitans, 333.
_Pterophorus_, 430. _See_ Insects.
Pteropus, 14. _See_ Flying Fox.
Pyrard de Laval, on the Ceylon elephant, 209.
Python, its great size, 303.
Quadrumana, 5, 74.
Quatrefage on the Rotifera, 487.
_Radiata_, star-fish, 395.
sea-slugs, holothuria, 396.
parasitic worms, 396.
Guinea worm, 397.
_planaria_, 398.
_acalephæ_, 398.
Portuguese Man-of-war, 400.
Red infusoria, 400.
Raja-kariya, forced labour, in elephant hunts, 170.
Raja-welle estate, story of an elephant at, 133 _n_.
Ramayana, Ceylon elephants mentioned in, 210.
Rats, 42.
eaten as food in Oovah and Bintenne, 43.
liable to hydrophobia, 43.
coffee rat, 43.
bandicoot, 44.
Rat snake, anecdote of, 43.
Rat-snake, domesticated, 299 _n_.
Ray, 326, 327.
Reinaud, on the ancient use of the elephant in Indian wars, 205 _n_.
Reptiles of Ceylon described by Dr. Davy, _Introd_.
lizards, iguana, 271.
kabara-tel, poison, 272.
blood-suckers, 275.
calotes, the green, 276.
lyre-headed lizard, 277.
chameleon, 278.
_ceratophora_, 279.
gecko, anecdotes of, 281, 282.
crocodile, anecdotes of, 282, 283.
crocodile and alligator, skulls of, 283.
tortoises, 289.
parasites of the tortoise, 289.
Terrapins, 290.
cruel mode of cutting up turtle, 291.
turtle, said to be poisonous, 292.
hawk's-bill turtle, 293.
cruel mode of taking tortoise-shell, 293.
snakes, few poisonous, 294.
tic-polonga, 296.
cobra de capello, 297.
legends of the cobra, 297-298 _n_.
_uropeltis_, 301.
the python, 303.
haplocercus, 304.
tree-snakes, 305.
water snakes, 308.
sea snakes, 308.
the snake-stone and its composition, 312-317.
_cæcilia_, 317.
frogs, 318.
tree frogs, 319.
list of Ceylon reptiles, 321.
snakes peculiar to Ceylon, 322.
Rhinolophus, 19. _See_ Horse-shoe Bat.
Ribeyro's account of pearl-diving, 378.
Rilawa monkey, 5.
Rodentia, 41, 74.
Rogers, Major, story of his horse, 84.
his death by lightning, 84 _n_.
anecdote of an elephant killed by him, 107.
great numbers of elephants shot by him, 142.
"A Rogue" elephant. _See_ Elephant, 114.
derivation of the term "Rogue," 114.
_Ronkedor_, 114. _See_ "Rogue."
_Ronquedue_, 114. _See_ "Rogue."
dangerous encounters with, 136.
Rotifera, marvellous faculty in, 486.
Rousette. _See_ Flying-fox _and_ Pteropus, 14.
Ruminantia, 49, 74.
_Salarias Alticus_, 332.
almasius, 68.
Sardines, said to be poisonous, 324.
Saw fish, 325. _See_ Fishes.
Scaliger, Julius, 68.
Scansores, 256.
_Scarus harid_, 335.
_Schenck_, 371. _See_ Chank.
Schlegel's essay on the elephant, 208 _n_.
Schlegel, Prof., of Leyden, his account of the Sumatran elephant, 66.
Schmarda, Prof., 5.
Schomburgk, Sir R., on the fishes of Guiana, 347.
Sciurus Tennentii, 41 _n_.
_Scolopiendræ_, centipede, 474.
Scorpions, 474.
Sea slugs, _holothuria_, 397.
Sea snakes, 308.
Seir-fish, 324.
Seneca, account of fishes on dry land, 346.
Septuagint, allusion to elephants in, 87, 210 _n_.
Serpents, 294. _See_ Reptiles.
Shakspeare, on the elephant, 105.
describes its capture in pit-falls, 157 _n_.
Sharks, 325.
Shark charmer, 378.
Shaw, error as to elephants shedding their tusks, 79 _n_.
Shells of Ceylon, 369.
lanthina, 370.
Bullia vittata, 370.
chanks, 371.
oysters, immense, 371 _n_.
Helix hæmastoma, 372.
Pearl fishery, 373.
Musical shells, 381.
Mr. Henley's memorandum, 386.
uncertainty as to species, 387.
list of Ceylon shells, 388.
Siam, fishes on dry land, 347.
Silk, cultivated by the Dutch, 429.
Silkworm. _See_ Insects.
Sindbad's story of the elephants burying-place, 236.
Skinner, Major, knowledge of Ceylon. _Introd_. _n_.
adventure with a leopard, 30.
great number of elephants killed by him, 142.
description of the Panickeas or elephant catchers, 158, 159 _n_.
anecdotes of elephants, 118.
collection of Ceylon fish, 339.
Small-pox attracts the leopard, 28.
native superstition, 29.
Snakes, 294. _See_ Reptiles.
few venomous, 296.
tic-polonga, 296.
cobra de capello, 297.
legends of, 297 _n_.
stories of, 298.
Snakes, tamed snakes, 299 _n_.
snakes crossing the sea, 300.
curious tradition of the cobra-de-capello, 300.
uropeltis, and explanation of the popular belief, 302.
reluctance of Buddhists to kill snakes, 303.
python or "boa," 303.
tree snakes, 305.
the _Passerita fusca_, 306.
water snakes, 308.
sea snakes, 308.
their geographical distribution, 309.
their habits, 310.
cæcilia, 317.
Snake-stone, its alleged virtue, 312.
anecdotes of its use, 312.
analysis of, by Professor Faraday, 315.
Sofala, pearls at, 375 _n_.
Solinus, on the elephant, 103.
Soothsayer insect, 410.
Spectre butterfly, 426.
Spiders. _See Arachnida_, 464.
at Gampola, 465.
at Pusilawa, 471.
Squirrel, 41.
the flying squirrel, 44.
Star-fish, 396. _See Radiata_.
Stick insect, 410. _See_ Insects.
Stinging caterpillars, 429.
Strabo, his account of fishes on dry land, 346.
Strachan, Mr., account of the elephants shipped at Ceylon, 163 _n_,
210 _n_.
Stuckley, on the anatomy of the elephant, 123 _n_.
Sumatra confounded with Ceylon, 67.
elephant of, 64.
points in which it differs from that of India, 65.
Sun bird, 249. _See_ Birds.
Superstitions:--Singhalese folk-lore regarding bears, 24 _n_.
leopards, 27, 29.
mongoos, 38.
kabra-goya, 273.
cobra-de-capello, 300.
use of snake-stones, 315.
elephants' burial-place, 236.
Suriya trees, caterpillars on, 429.
Syrnum Indranee, 246. _See_ Devil-bird.
Swallows, 248. _See_ Birds.
Sword-fish, 328.
Tailor-bird, 251. _See_ Birds;
Tamblegam, lake of, 380.
pearls, 380.
Tarentula, _Mygale fasciata_, 465.
fight with a cockroach, 467.
numerous at Gampola, 465.
Tavalam, a caravan of bullocks, 53.
Tavernier, error as to Ceylon elephants, 203, 214.
Taylor, the translator of Aristotle, his error as to elephants' joints,
102.
Tchitrea paradisi, 250.
Temminck, his discovery of the Sumatran elephant, 64.
his account of it, 65.
Templeton, Dr. R.A., his knowledge of Ceylon, _Introd_.
his valuable aid in the present work, _ib_.
his cultivation of zoology, 4.
notice of Ceylon monkeys, 6.
_Termites_, white ants, their ravages, 412.
whence comes their moisture, 412 _n_.
Terrapins, 290.
Terrier, attacks an elephant, 85.
Testudinata, 289.
Thaun, Philip de, on the elephant, 104.
Theobaldus' _Physiologus_, 104.
Theophrastus' account of fishes on dry land, 344, 345.
Thevenot, on the Ceylon elephant, 203.
Thomson's "_Seasons_," error as to the elephant, 106.
Thunberg, account of the snake-stone, 317.
_Thysdnura_, 464.
Ticks, 475.
Tic-polonga, 296. See Reptiles.
Tiger at Trincomalie, 25 _n_.
Toad, 319.
Torrington, Viscount, his tax on dogs, 33.
Tortoises, 289, 291. _See_ Turtle.
parasite of, 289.
fresh-water tortoises, 290. _See_ Terrapins.
Tortoise-shell, cruel mode of taking, 293.
Tree frogs, 320.
Tree snakes, 304.
Trepang, 396. _See_ Sea-slug.
_Tritonia arborescens_, 385. _See_ Musical Fish.
letter on, 401.
_Trombidium tinctorum. See_ Mites.
Trumpeting of elephants, 97, 201.
Trunk, elephant's, origin of the name, 97 _n_.
Tsetse fly of Africa, 40.
Turbinella rapa, 371. _See_ Chank.
Turtle, 291. _See_ Reptiles.
barbarous treatment of, 291.
Tushes, 79.
Tusks, 79. _See_ Elephant; Ivory.
fallacy that they are shed, 79.
weight of, 80.
their uses, 80.
singular shapes of, 88 _n_.
Tusks, Dr. Holland's theory of their formation, 88 _n_.
Tytler, Mr., story of an elephant, 133 _n_.
_Uropeltis_, 301.
Urré! cry of the elephant drivers, 222.
Valentyn's account of the mermaid, 70.
Dutch mode of taking elephants, 164.
Venloos Bay, its profusion of shells, 369.
Vossius, Isaac, 68.
Waloora. _See_ Wild-boar, 59.
dreaded by the Singhalese, 59.
Wanderoo monkey, 5.
Wasps, wasps' nest, 418.
mason-wasp, 416.
Water-fowl, 260, 262.
Water snakes, 308.
Weaver-bird, 251.
Whales, 68. _See_ Cetacea.
White, Adam, Esq., Brit Mus., _Introd_.
White, of Selbourne, his theory of animals suckled by strange mothers, 113
_n_.
White ants, 411. _See_ Termites.
Whiting, Mr., account of buried fishes, 342 _n_., 354.
Wild-boar, 59.
Wolf, Jo. Christian, travels in Ceylon, 99 _n_., 115 _n_.
his account of elephants there, 99.
describes pitfalls for elephants, 157 _n_.
Wood-carrying moth, 430. See Insects.
Worms, parasite, 396. _See Radiata_.
Wound when elephant shooting, 154.
Wright, Thomas, Esq., F.S.A., 104.
Yarrell's theory of buried fish, 342.
Yule's embassy to Ava, 216 _n_.
Zimb fly, 434.
Zoology neglected in Ceylon, 3. _See_ Natural History.
partial extent to which it has been cultivated, _Introd_.
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