Note 1 — CHAP. II
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: The "Divi" of Ammianus Marcellinus, who along with the Singhalese "Selendivi" sent ambassadors to the Emperor Julian, l xxii. c. 7.
2: A portion of the district near Tangalle is known to the present day as "Rouna."—Mahawanso, ch. ix. p. 57; ch. xxii. p. 130, &c.
3: See the account of Adam's Peak, Vol. II. Pt. VII. ch. ii.
4: ABOU-ZEYD, Relation, &c., vol. i. p. 5.
5: lb., p. 50. The practice of burning the remains of the kings and of persons of exalted rank, continued as long as the native dynasty held the throne of Kandy.—See KNOX's Historical Relation of Ceylon, A.D. 1681, Part iii. c. ii.