. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history. 612 MEDIEVAL HISTORY. [Part V. closely resemble the description of the natives of the island visited by Jambulus, as related in the story told by Diodorus.^ The Chinese in the seventh century found the Singha- lese dressed in a costume w^hicli appears to be nearly identical with that of the present day.^ Both males and females had then' hair long and flowing, but the heads of children were closely shaven, a practice which still partiall
. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history. 612 MEDIEVAL HISTORY. [Part V. closely resemble the description of the natives of the island visited by Jambulus, as related in the story told by Diodorus.^ The Chinese in the seventh century found the Singha- lese dressed in a costume w^hicli appears to be nearly identical with that of the present day.^ Both males and females had then' hair long and flowing, but the heads of children were closely shaven, a practice which still partially prevails. The jackets of the girls were occasionaUy ornamented with gems.^ " The men," says the Tung-teen, " have the upper part of the body naked, but cover their hmbs with a cloth, called Kan-man, made of Koo-pei, ' Cotton,' a word in which we may recognise the term ' Comboy,' used to designate the cotton cloth universally worn at the present day by the Singhalese of both sexes in the maritime pro^ances.* For their vests, the kings and nobles made use of a sub- ^ DioDontrs SiCTJLtTS, lib. ii. cli. liii. See ante, Vol. I. P. v. eh. 1. p. 153. ^ Leang-shoo, b. liv. p. 10; Xan- slie, b. Ixxviii. pp. 13; 14. 3 Nan-sM, 650, b. Ixxviii. p. 13; Leang-shoo, 070, b. liv. p. 11. Such is still the dress of the Siu^halese A MOODLTAR ANB HIS •WIEE, '' Timg-tecn, b. clxxxviii. p. 17 ; I slioo, b. cxcviii. p. 25. See p. iv. ch. Nau-sM, b. Ixxviii. p. 13; Sin-tang- \ iv. vol. i. p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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