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قراءة كتاب Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1

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Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1

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  • Betel-chewing, its theory and uses 112
  • Timber Trees 115
    • Jakwood—Del—Teak 116
    • Suria 117
  • Cabinet Woods.—Satin-wood—Ebony—Cadooberia 117
    • Calamander, its rarity and beauty 118
    • Tamarind 119
  • Fruit-trees 119
    • Remarkable power of trees to generate cold and keep their fruit chill 121
  • Aquatic Plants—Lotus, red and blue 123
    • Desmanthus natans, an aquatic sensitive plant 123

    • PART II.

    ZOOLOGY.

    CHAPTER I.

    MAMMALIA.

    • Neglect of Zoology in Ceylon 127
    • Monkeys 128
      • Wanderoo 129
      • Error regarding the Silenus Veter (note) 129
      • Presbytes Cephalopterus 130
      • P. Ursinus in the Hills 131
      • P. Thersites in the Wanny 132
      • P. Priamus, Jaffna and Trincomalie 132
      • No dead monkey ever found 133
    • Loris 133
    • Bats 135
      • Flying fox 135
      • Horse-shoe bat 136
    • Carnivora.—Bears 137
    • Their ferocity 138
    • Singhalese belief in the efficacy of charms (note) 139
    • Leopards 139
      • Curious belief 140
      • Anecdotes of leopards 142
    • Palm-cat 144
    • Civet 144
    • Dogs 144
    • Jackal 145
      • The horn of the jackal 145
    • Mungoos 145
      • Its fights with serpents 146
      • Theory of its antidote 147
    • Squirrels 148
      • Flying squirrel 148
    • Tree rat

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