21.
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_.
_Scolopiendrae_, 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 haemastoma, 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.
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