Chapter 6

Arboreal King of the Forest.--The Palm Family.--Over-Generous Nature and her Liberal Provisions.--Product of the Cocoanut-Tree.--The Wide-Spreading Banian.--Excellent Public Roads.--Aquatic Birds and Plants.--Native Fruit Trees.--The Mangosteen.--Spice-Bearing Trees.--Treatment of Women.--Singhalese Rural Life.--Physical Character of Tamil Men.--Tree Climbing.--Native Children.--Numerical Relation of the Sexes.--Caste as respected in Ceylon.--Tattooing the Human Body 112