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.