Porcupine, 45. 
Portuguese belief in the mermaid, 69. 
  Man-of-war, 400. 
Pott, his derivation of the word elephant, 76 n. 
Presbytes cephalopterus, 7.
  ursinus, 6, 9.
  Thersites, 6, 10.
  its fondness of attention, 10.
  Priamus, 10.
  its curiosity, 11. 
Protopterus of the Gambia, 352. 
Pseudophidia, 322. 
Pterois volitans, 333.
Pterophorus, 430. See Insects. 
Pteropus, 14. See Flying Fox. 
Pyrard de Laval, on the Ceylon elephant, 209. 
Python, its great size, 303.

Quadrumana, 5, 74. 
Quatrefage on the Rotifera, 487.

Radiata, star-fish, 395.
  sea-slugs, holothuria, 396.
  parasitic worms, 396. 
  Guinea worm, 397.
  planaria, 398.
  acalephae, 398. 
  Portuguese Man-of-war, 400. 
  Red infusoria, 400. 
Raja-kariya, forced labour, in elephant hunts, 170. 
Raja-welle estate, story of an elephant at, 133 n. 
Ramayana, Ceylon elephants mentioned in, 210. 
Rats, 42.
  eaten as food in Oovah and Bintenne, 43.
  liable to hydrophobia, 43.
  coffee rat, 43.
  bandicoot, 44. 
Rat snake, anecdote of, 43. 
Rat-snake, domesticated, 299 n. 
Ray, 326, 327. 
Reinaud, on the ancient use of the elephant in Indian wars, 205 n. 
Reptiles of Ceylon described by Dr. Davy, Introd.
  lizards, iguana, 271.
  kabara-tel, poison, 272.
  blood-suckers, 275.
  calotes, the green, 276.
  lyre-headed lizard, 277.
  chameleon, 278.
  ceratophora, 279.
  gecko, anecdotes of, 281, 282.
  crocodile, anecdotes of, 282, 283.
  crocodile and alligator, skulls of, 283.
  tortoises, 289.
  parasites of the tortoise, 289. 
  Terrapins, 290.
  cruel mode of cutting up turtle, 291.
  turtle, said to be poisonous, 292.
  hawk’s-bill turtle, 293.
  cruel mode of taking tortoise-shell, 293.
  snakes, few poisonous, 294.
  tic-polonga, 296.
  cobra de capello, 297.
  legends of the cobra, 297-298 n.
  uropeltis, 301.
  the python, 303.
  haplocercus, 304.
  tree-snakes, 305.
  water snakes, 308.
  sea snakes, 308.
  the snake-stone and its composition, 312-317.
  caecilia, 317.
  frogs, 318.
  tree frogs, 319.
  list of Ceylon reptiles, 321.
  snakes peculiar to Ceylon, 322. 
Rhinolophus, 19. See Horse-shoe Bat. 
Ribeyro’s account of pearl-diving, 378. 
Rilawa monkey, 5. 
Rodentia, 41, 74. 
Rogers, Major, story of his horse, 84.
  his death by lightning, 84 n.
  anecdote of an elephant killed by him, 107.
  great numbers of elephants shot by him, 142. 
“A Rogue” elephant. See Elephant, 114.
  derivation of the term “Rogue,” 114.
Ronkedor, 114. See “Rogue.”
Ronquedue, 114. See “Rogue.”
  dangerous encounters with, 136. 
Rotifera, marvellous faculty in, 486. 
Rousette. See Flying-fox and Pteropus, 14. 
Ruminantia, 49, 74.