Page 61, line 1, for "jombo" read "jambo."
Page 85, line 24, for "the Singhalese believe," read "the Moors," &c.
Page 88, line 22, for "including" read "and likewise of."
Page 120, line 30, dele "(Padiwel Colum)."
Page 122, line 23, for "The Jaitawanaraana read "The statue in the," &c. Page 144, line 24, for "General M'Doual read "General M'Donald."
Page 149, line 17, for "the only metalled road" read "the only road metalled throughout."
Page 180, line 15, for "this work comprises" read "the first part of this work," &c.
Sir Emerson Tennent has favoured me with the following remarks:
Page 66.-The Gauvera of Knox is not the Brahmin bull, but the Gaur of Southern India, Bos gaurus, an animal rare, and only found in the extreme south of the Peninsula, near Cape Comorin.
beggars mentioned by Knox are the outcast
Page 124.-The huge tree which stood at Putlam, but has now fallen, and which was called by the Tamils (or Malabars) "the giant's tamarind," was a Baobab (Adansonia digitata).
Page 149.-Other portions of roads in Ceylon, besides the entire road from Colombo to Kandy, have been metalled, e. g. from Galle to Matura-from Galle to Colombo-from Colombo to Chilaw-from Kandy to Koruegalle, 30 miles—and from Kandy to Newera Ellia, &c.
Page 180.-Although the first part of the historical record called the Mahawanso stops at A.D. 301, there is a continuation which comes down to A.D. 1758.