ilawa,5.
Wanderoo, 6.
error as to the Ceylon Wanderoo, 6, _n_.
Wanderoo, mode of flight among trees, 9.
monkeys never found dead, 11.
_Loris_, 12.
tortures inflicted on it, 13.
Bat, flying fox, 14.
skeleton of, 14.
attracted by toddy to the coco-nut palms, 18.
horse-shoe bat, 18.
parasite of the bat, Nycteribia, 20, 21.
bears, 22.
bears dreaded in Ceylon, 24.
leopards, 25.
attracted by the odour of small pox, 28.
anecdote of a leopard, 29.
lesser felines, 32.
dogs, Pariah, 34.
jackal, 34.
the jackal's horn, 36.
Mongoos, 37.
assaults of Mongoos on the serpent, 38.
squirrels, 41.
the flying squirrel, 41.
rats, the rat snake, 42.
coffee rat, 43, 44.
bandicoot, 44, 45.
porcupine, 45.
pengolin, 46-48.
the gaur, 49.
the ox, 50.
anecdote of, 51.
draft oxen, 51-53.
the buffalo, 54.
sporting buffaloes, 55.
peculiarity of the buffalo's foot, 56.
deer, 57.
meminna, 57, 58.
Ceylon elk, 59.
wild boar, 59.
elephant, 69, 75.
whale and dugong, 68, 69.
peculiarities of Ceylon mammalia, 73.
list of, 73.
Manaar, mermaid taken at, 69.
elephants shipped at, 162.
pearl fishery, 373.
Manis. _See_ Pengolin, 46.
Mantis, 410.
Massoudi, on the use of elephants in war, 211 _n_.
his account of pearl-diving, 377 _n_.
_Mastacembelus_, 338. _See_ Eels.
Megasthenes' account of the mermaid, 69.
Mehemet Ali, story of, 34.
_Melania Paludina_, its habit of burying itself, 355.
its hybernation, 355.
Melania, story of a law suit decided by, 355 _n_.
Meleagrina, 373 _n_. _See_ Pearl fishery.
Meminna deer, 58.
Mercator, 68.
Mercer, Mr., his story of an elephant fight, 86.
Mermaid, 68. _See_ Dugong.
Mermaids, at Manaar, 69.
at Amboina, 70.
at Booro, 71.
at Edam, 72.
Millipeds, _Julus_, 477.
Mites, 472.
Mollusca. _See_ Shells.
Molyneux, on the anatomy of the elephant, 122 _n_.
Mongoos, 38. _See_ Ichneumon.
species at Neuera-ellia, _Herpestes Vitticollis_, 38.
story of its antidote against the bite of serpents, 39.
its mode of killing snakes, 39.
Monkeys, 5.
never found dead, 11.
a white monkey, 8.
Moors of Galle, make ornaments of the elephant's teeth, 153.
Moors, as caravan drivers, 53.
Moose deer, 58. _See_ Meminna.
Morris, Mr., account of fishes on land, 348.
Mosquitoes, their cunning, 434.
Herodotus, account of, 436.
probably the plague of flies, 434 _n_.
Moths, 427. _See_ Insects.
Munster, Sebas