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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  • The green calotes 184
  • Chameleon 184
  • Ceratophora 185
  • Geckoes,—their power of reproducing limbs 185, 186
  • Crocodiles 186
    • Their power of burying themselves in the mud 187
  • Tortoises—Curious parasite 188
    • Land tortoises 189
    • Edible turtle 190
    • Huge Indian tortoises (note) 190
    • Hawk's-bill turtle, barbarous mode of stripping it of the tortoise-shell 190
  • Serpents.—Venomous species rare 191
    • Cobra de capello 192
    • Instance of land snakes found at sea 193
    • Tame snakes (note) 193
    • Singular tradition regarding the cobra de capello 194
    • Uropeltidæ.—New species discovered in Ceylon 195
    • Buddhist veneration for the cobra de capello 195
    • Anecdotes of snakes 196
    • The Python 196
    • Water snakes 197
    • Snake stones 197
    • Analysis of one 199
    • Cæcilia 201
    • Large frogs 202
    • Tree frogs 202
  • List of Ceylon reptiles 203
  • CHAP. IV.

    FISHES.

    • Ichthyology of Ceylon, little known 205
    • Fish for table, seir fish 205
    • Sardines, poisonous? 206
    • Sharks 207
    • Saw-fish 207
    • Fish of brilliant colours 207
    • Curious fish described by Ælian (note) 207
    • Fresh-water fish, little known,—not much eaten 208
    • Fresh-water fish in Colombo Lake 209
    • Immense profusion of fish in the rivers and lakes 209
    • Their re-appearance after rain 209
    • Mode of fishing in the ponds 210
    • Showers of fish 210
    • Conjecture that the ova are preserved, not tenable 212
    • Fish moving on dry land

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