The "cabra goya" is a horrid brute, and is not considered eatable even by the Cingalese.
One curious species of lizard exists in Ceylon; it is little brown species with a peculiarly rough skin and a serrated spine.

A long horn projects from the snout, and it is a fac-simile in miniature of the antediluvian monster, the "iguanodon," who was about a hundred feet long and twelve feet thick--an awkward creature to meet in a narrow road.

However, the crocodiles of modern times are awkward enough for the present day, and sometimes grow to the immense length of twenty two feet.
It has frequently surprised me that they do not upset the small canoes in which the natives paddle about the lakes and rivers.

These are formed in the simplest manner, of very rude materials, by hollowing out a small log of wood and attaching an outrigger.

Some of these are so small that the gunwale is close to the water's edge when containing only one person.
Even the large sea-canoes are constructed on a similar principle; but they are really very wonderful boats for both speed and safety.
A simple log of about thirty feet in length is hollowed out.