OF THE

CEYLON BRANCH

OF THE

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY,

1856-61.

VOLUME III.

EDITED BY THE HONORARY SECRETARY.

THE DESIGN OF THE SOCIETY IS TO INSTITUTE AND PROMOTE ENQUIRIES INTO THE HISTORY.
RELIGION, LITERATURE, ARTS, AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE PRESENT AND FORMER
INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND, WITH ITS GEOLOGY, MINEROLOGY, ITS CLIMATE
AND METEOROLOGY, ITS BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY "

COLOMBO:

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Notes on the Mythological Legends of the Sinhalese.
-By J. DE ALWIS, Esq., Assistant Secretary
A Statistical Enquiry into the state of Crime in
Ceylon. By J. CAPPER, Esq., Honorary Se-
cretary
Sinhalese Rhetoric.-By J. DE ALWIS, Esq., Assis-
tant Secretary
Scripture Botany of Ceylon.-By W. Ferguson, Esq.
Remarks on the Supposed identity between Nágár-
juna and Nágaséna.--By J. DE ALWIS, Esq.,
Assistant Secretary
Expenditure on Public Works in Ceylon.-By J.
CAPPER, Esq., Honorary Secretary...
APPENDIX:-Proceedings of Meetings

Society's Circular

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Health and Disease in Ceylon.--By BOYD Moss, Esq.,

Notes on
the District of Badulla and its Natural
Products. By W. C. ONDATJIE, Esq., Assistant
Colonial Surgeon

The Difference between the Páli and the Prákrit-
Magadhi of Vararuchi.-By JAMES D'ALWIS,
Assistant Secretary

On Health and Diet, with especial reference to
Children and Youths in Ceylon.-By BARCROFT
BOAKE, B.A., Vice-President, Asiatic Society,
Ceylon
APPENDIX :-Proceedings of Meetings, &c.

Letters from Sir J. E. Tennent and Dr.
Buist to the Athenæum, relative to the
Fresh Water Wells of Jaffna

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THE DESIGN OF THE SOCIETY IS TO INSTITUTE AND PROMOTE ENQUIRIES INTO THE HISTORY,
RELIGION, LITERATURE, ARTS, AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE PRESENT AND FORMER
INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND, WITH ITS GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, ITS CLIMATE
AND METEOROLOGY, ITS BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY."

COLOMBO :

PRINTED AT THE "TIMES OF CEYLON" PRESS.