[93] I am informed by Mr. William Holderness, that in the month of October, 1828, when on a voyage from Guayaquil and Lima, in the brig Bolivar, E. Bransfield, R. N., commander, having heard rumours of war in Europe, they touched at Pernambuco, to ascertain its correctness, and left the next day, carrying the south-east trade to about 12° north latitude. After a few days calm, they got fine breezes from south-west, which carried them across the usual limits of the north-east trade, and then had nothing but light north-east winds until they reached Gibraltar. [94] Greville’s Algæ Britannicæ, 8vo.—The figure of the _Sargassum vulgare_ in this work is coloured far too dark, and does not seem to have been done from a recent specimen. [95] The generic name is derived from _Sargaço_, or _Sargazo_, the Spanish name for the masses of sea-weed found floating on the surface of the ocean. [96] Greville’s Algæ Britannicæ, 8vo. 1830. Introd. p. xii. [97] Osbeck mentions, that, if prepared with vinegar, it furnishes an excellent pickle; and Rumphius, according to Mr. Turner, relates, that, in the East, salads are made of it, as well as other Algæ. It is also eaten in Chili.—_Greville’s Algæ Britannicæ_, 8vo. 1830, p. 2. [98] Vide Labillardiere’s Voyages, vol. i. p. 334. [99] The fronds of the palms every year throw off those of the year preceding, and it is the bases of the old fronds that form the rough bark. [100] Lindley’s Nat. Syst. of Botany. [101] Artocarpus integrifolia, Linn. [102] Caryota urens. [103] Generally of Bignonia indica, Tabernæmontana, Jasminum odoratum, and zeylanicum and luteum; Polyanthes tuberosa, Nyctanthes arbor tristis, Michelia champaca, Nerium odoratissimum, Mimosa arabica, and Lawsonia inermis. [104] In worship of Budhoo, and acknowledgment of his being the Omniscient. [105] A liberty is here taken with the tradition, blue and green being synonymous in Singalese, (Nil-pata.) [106] Supposed to be derived from a Tamul word, _bodhi_, which signifies _wisdom_. The present object of Singalese worship is the fourth Budhoo, called Goutama Budha Arkabandoo, or descendant from the sun. [107] Considered by many learned Indians an incarnation of Vishnu, and his religion to be founded on that of Brahma. [108] Brahmata-Brahma, a name of Budhoo. [109] Anadewara, also a name of Budhoo. [110] Native drums; of which there are four kinds, generally made of jack-wood, and covered with deer-skin, from which the hair has been previously removed. It is laid on in a wet state, and dried in the sun. [111] The Singalese language has no signification for brown, reddish, orange-coloured, scarlet, or pink, which are all expressed by the monosyllable “rat,” red. [112] “Samanta-chacksa,” covered with eyes. [113] The green cocoa-nut, called in Singalese, Koroomba. [114] Probably the Manis, commonly called Negombo Devil. [115] “Kandi,” high, lofty, mountainous.