Note 1 — CHAP. V.
Reading edition
: Amongst the miracles which signalised the construction of the Ruanwellé dagoba at Anarajapoora was the sudden appearance in a locality to the north-east of the capital of "sprouts" of gold above and below the ground, and of silver in the vicinity of Adam's Peak.—Mahawanso, ch. xxviii. pp. 166, 167.
2: Mahawanso, ch. xxii. p. 153. [Greek]—Iliad, xxiii. 745.
3: Mahawanso, ch. xxx. p. 172.
4: Red coral, equal in its delicacy of tint to the highly-prized specimens from the Mediterranean, is found in small fragments on the sea-shore north of Point-de-Galle.
5: Mahawanso, ch. xxx. p. 179.
6: Mahawanso, ib. p. 180.