Salarias Alticus, 332.
  almasius, 68. 
Sardines, said to be poisonous, 324. 
Saw fish, 325. See Fishes. 
Scaliger, Julius, 68. 
Scansores, 256.
Scarus harid, 335.
Schenck, 371. See Chank. 
Schlegel’s essay on the elephant, 208 n. 
Schlegel, Prof., of Leyden, his account of the Sumatran elephant, 66. 
Schmarda, Prof., 5. 
Schomburgk, Sir R., on the fishes of Guiana, 347. 
Sciurus Tennentii, 41 n.
Scolopiendrae, centipede, 474. 
Scorpions, 474. 
Sea slugs, holothuria, 397. 
Sea snakes, 308. 
Seir-fish, 324. 
Seneca, account of fishes on dry land, 346. 
Septuagint, allusion to elephants in, 87, 210 n. 
Serpents, 294. See Reptiles. 
Shakspeare, on the elephant, 105.
  describes its capture in pit-falls, 157 n. 
Sharks, 325. 
Shark charmer, 378. 
Shaw, error as to elephants shedding their tusks, 79 n. 
Shells of Ceylon, 369.
  lanthina, 370. 
  Bullia vittata, 370.
  chanks, 371.
  oysters, immense, 371 n. 
  Helix haemastoma, 372. 
  Pearl fishery, 373. 
  Musical shells, 381. 
  Mr. Henley’s memorandum, 386.
  uncertainty as to species, 387.
  list of Ceylon shells, 388. 
Siam, fishes on dry land, 347. 
Silk, cultivated by the Dutch, 429. 
Silkworm. See Insects. 
Sindbad’s story of the elephants burying-place, 236. 
Skinner, Major, knowledge of Ceylon. Introd. n.
  adventure with a leopard, 30.
  great number of elephants killed by him, 142.
  description of the Panickeas or elephant catchers, 158, 159 n.
  anecdotes of elephants, 118.
  collection of Ceylon fish, 339. 
Small-pox attracts the leopard, 28.
  native superstition, 29. 
Snakes, 294. See Reptiles.
  few venomous, 296.
  tic-polonga, 296.
  cobra de capello, 297.
  legends of, 297 n.
  stories of, 298. 
Snakes, tamed snakes, 299 n.
  snakes crossing the sea, 300.
  curious tradition of the cobra-de-capello, 300.
  uropeltis, and explanation of the popular belief, 302.
  reluctance of Buddhists to kill snakes, 303.
  python or “boa,” 303.
  tree snakes, 305.
  the Passerita fusca, 306.
  water snakes, 308.
  sea snakes, 308.
  their geographical distribution, 309.
  their habits, 310.
  caecilia, 317. 
Snake-stone, its alleged virtue, 312.
  anecdotes of its use, 312.
  analysis of, by Professor Faraday, 315. 
Sofala, pearls at, 375 n. 
Solinus, on the elephant, 103. 
Soothsayer insect, 410. 
Spectre butterfly, 426. 
Spiders. See Arachnida, 464.
  at Gampola, 465.
  at Pusilawa, 471. 
Squirrel, 41.
  the flying squirrel, 44. 
Star-fish, 396. See Radiata. 
Stick insect, 410. See Insects.