, barbarous mode of stripping it of the tortoise-shell

_Serpents_.--Venomous species rare
Tic polonga and carawala
Cobra de capello
Tame snakes (_note_)
Anecdotes of the cobra de capello
Legends concerning it
Instance of land snakes found at sea
Singular tradition regarding the robra de capello
Uropeltidae.--New species discovered in Ceylon
Buddhist veneration for the cobra de capello
The Python
Tree snakes
Water snakes
Sea snakes
Snake stones
Analysis of one
Caecilia
Frogs
Tree frogs

List of Ceylon reptiles

CHAP. X.

FISHES.

Ichthyology of Ceylon, little known

Fish for table, seir fish

Sardines, poisonous?

Sharks

Saw-fish

Fish of brilliant colours

The ray

The sword-fish

Curious fish described by AElian

_Salarias alticus_

Beautifully coloured fishes

Fresh-water fish, little known,--not much eaten

Fresh-water fish in Colombo Lake

Perches

Eels

Immense profusion of fish in the rivers and lakes

Their re-appearance after rain

Mode of fishing in the ponds

Showers of fish

Conjecture that the ova are preserved, not tenable

Fish moving on dry land
Ancient authorities, Greek and Roman
Aristotle and Theophrastus
Athenaeus and Polybius
Livy, Pompomus, Mela, and Juvenal
Seneca and Pliny
Georgius Agricola, Gesner, &c.
Instances in Guiana (_note_)
_Perca Scandens_, ascends trees
Doubts as to the story of Daldorf

Fishes burying themselves daring the dry season
The _protopterus_ of the Gambia
Instances in the fish of the Nile
Instances in the fish of South America
Living fish dug out of the ground in the dry tanks in Ceylon
Molluscs that bury themselves
The animals that so bury themselves in India
Analogous case of
Theory of aestivation and hybernation

Fish in hot water in Ceylon

List of Ceylon fishes

Instances of fishes falling from the clouds

_Note_ on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley

Comparative note by Dr. Gray, Brit. Mus.

_Note_ on the Bora-chung

CHAP. XI.

MOLLUSCA, RADIATA, AND ACALEPHAE.

I. _Conchology_.--General character of Ceylon shells
Confusion regarding them in scientific works and collections
Ancient export of shells from Ceylon
Special forms confined to particular localities
The pearl fishery of Aripo
Frequent suspensions of
Experiment to create beds of the pearl oyster
Process of diving for pearls
Danger from sharks
The