Note 1 — Chapter I

: From a paper read to the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by the Rev. J.G. Macvicar, D.D.

2: From a paper on the Geology of Ceylon, by Dr. Gardner, in the Appendix to Lee's translation of RIBEYRO'S History of Ceylon, p, 206. The earliest and one of the ablest essays on the geological system and mineralogy of Ceylon will be found in DAVY'S Account of the Interior of Ceylon, London, 1821. It has, however, been corrected and enlarged by recent investigators.