This is the more singular, as it is evident from the geological formation that at some remote period Ceylon was not an island, but formed a portion of the mainland, from which it is now only separated by a shallow and rocky of some few miles.

In India the bull elephants have tusks, and the cattle and buffaloes have very large horns.

My opinion is that there are elements wanting in the Ceylon pasturage (which is generally poor) for the formation of both horn and ivory.

Thus many years of hunting and shooting are rewarded by few trophies of the chase.

So great is the natural inactivity of the natives that no one understands the preparation of the skins; thus all the elk and deer hides are simply dried in the sun, and the hair soon rots and fills off.