His views were followed by Henry Parker, another English civil servant and the author of Ancient Ceylon (1909), who wrote that most Vedda words were borrowed from Sinhalese, but he also noted words of unique origin, which he assigned to the original language of the Veddas.
Pandangannya diikuti oleh Henry Parker, pegawai sipil Inggris lain dan penulis Ancient Ceylon (1909), yang menulis bahwa sebagian besar kata-kata Wedda dipinjam dari Sinhala, tetapi ia juga mencatat kata-kata asal yang unik, yang ia tetapkan ke bahasa asli Wedda.