APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 
King’s hiding place and the force 
along with him, he said, it was se- 
veral days since he had seen him ; 
he was then in Dombera ; he could 
not say if he continued in the 
same place, but if not, he could 
only go to Bintenine; that his 
Court was in a great measure dis- 
solved,and that there wereno prin- 
cipal Sirdars or Chiefs remaining 
with him. These communica- 
tions were by no means made in 
the tone of a willing informer, but 
appear to have been true. The 
dispersion of the Court we had 
every reason to believe, as on that 
and on the following day, several 
Naykars (as they are called) or 
relations of the King surrendered 
themselves. 
In so far also as regarded the 
King’s place of retreat, the ac- 
count of the prisoner agreed with 
thedaily reportsreceived from Mr. 
D’Oyley, who represented kim to 
be still in Dombera, but did not 
venture to flatter himself or me, 
that he could succeed in at once 
cutting him off from escaping to 
the mountains. His letter of the 
18th stated, that the King had 
fled from his last known place of 
halting, and that the inhabitants 
of two villages had appeared, and 
promised to co-operate in search- 
ing for him. The latest report 
that Mr. D'Oyley could then com- 
municate was, that the King was 
concealed in a forest about a 
league and a half from Fildinya, 
and he had sent a detachment to 
endeavour to intercept him. 
On the 19th in the morning, I 
had the satisfaction toknow, by a 
letter from Mr. D’Oyley of the 
same date, that the King was in 
our hands; he had been surround- 
éd the preceding evening in the 
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precincts of Medda Maha Nuwera 
(the place from whence he wasre- 
ported to have fled) bythe people 
of Dombera, in conjunction with 
some armed Kandayans, sent by 
Eheylapola Adikar, and taken pri- 
soner, with two of his wives, in 
the house of an Aratchy(asubor- 
dinate Headman) at a place called 
Gallehewatte, abouta mile beyond 
Medda Maha Nuwera. His two 
remaining wives and his mother 
were known to be at Hanweylle, 
a short distance off, and being 
sent for, with conveyances and an 
escort, were brought to Fildinya. 
I have since learnt, that the 
few Malabar attendants remaining 
with the King, made some resist- 
ance, and wounded one of the as- 
sailants, on which the party re- 
tired a few paces and fired upon 
the house; that the King then 
came out and delivered himself 
up. It further appears, that his 
ursuers bound him and reviled 
im, and 1 fear plundered him of 
some articles of value. 
As no regular troops or any 
British officer were present, it 
was impossible to give full re- 
lief ; such of the clothes as could 
be recovered were returned. 
The Adikar claims, and with 
seeming justice, considering the 
sentiments he must entertain to- 
wards the King, some merit in 
having, by strict orders, saved 
his life; and great probability 
arises from what did pass, that no- 
thing less than high authority 
could have induced them to spare 
him. In another view, this is one 
of the many facts which concut 
to shew the feelings of the 
people towards him (exemplified 
in this his favourite province) 
to be, when divested of the ter- 
