VI 



CONTENTS OF 



Page 

 A.D. 1560. — Constantine of Braganza 



takes it 29 



And destroys the " Sacred Tooth " . 29 

 Story of the false dalada . . .30 

 A.D. 1G04. — Jaflha again attacked . 30 

 A.D. 1617. — City sacked and finally 



annexed by Portugal . . .30 

 The Dutch appear in Cejdon . .31 



CHAP. II. 



THE DUTCH IX CEYLON. 



A.D. 1580. —Philip II. becomes King 



of Portugal . . . . . 32 

 And Holland declares its independ- 

 ence 32 



Histories of Baldasus and Yalentyn 



(^note) 32 



Rise of the Dutch mercantile marine 33 

 A.D. 1594. — The Dutch excluded from 



Lisbon ...... 34 



And thus driven to send ships to India 34 

 A.D. 1595. — Houtman sails round the 



Cape 34 



Dutch East India Company formed 



(jiote) 34 

 A.D. 1602. — First Dutch ship touches 



Ceylon 35 



Spilberg lands at Batticaloa . . 35 

 Traces of cinnamon at Batticaloa (jiote) 35 

 Titles of the King of Kandj' . . 35 

 Spilberg received at Kandy . . 35 

 A.D. 1603.— Sibalt de Weert killed . 37 

 A.D. 1604.— Death of Wimala Dharma 37 

 Senerat becomes king . . .37 

 Truce between Spain and Holland . 38 

 Marcellus de Boschouwer at Kandy . 38 

 His singular advancement . , 38 

 War renewed wnth Portuguese . . 39 

 A.D. 1615. — Boschouwer sent to Hol- 

 land 39 



A. D. 1620. — Danish ships sent to 



Ceylon 39 



A.D. 1630. — Destruction of Constan- 

 tine de Saa 40 



A.D. 1632.— Death of King Senerat . 41 

 Raja Singha II. king . . .41 

 Portuguese take Kandy, but are 



routed 42 



A.D. 1638. — Admiral Westerwold's 



treaty 42 



A.D. 1639. — Trincomalie and Batti- 

 caloa taken 43 



A.D. 1640. — Xegombo, INIatura, and 



Galle taken 43 



Commodore Koster murdered (note) 43 

 Raja Singha II. Ailse to the Dutch . 44 

 A truce for ten years with Portugal . 44 

 Intriguing policy of Raja Singha II. 44 

 Patient endurance of the Dutch . 44 

 Their descreditablc policy . . .44 

 A.T). 1G55. — The truce ends, and Co- 

 lombo taken 45 



A.D. 1656. — Dutch quarrel with Raja 



Singha 45 



Alleged breach of the Westerwold 



treaty 45 



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 A.D. 1658. — Manaar and Jaffna taken 



by the Dutch . . . ,46 



Dutch now masters of Ceylon . . 46 

 Dutch and Portuguese policy con- 

 trasted . . . . " . .47 

 Honour sacrificed to trade . . .47 

 Similar policy of the English East 



India Company . . (note) 47 



Despotic acts of Raja Singha II. . 48 

 He imprisons the Dutch ambassadors 



(note) 48 



Dutch presents to the king (note) 48 

 Raja Singha's passion for hawking 



(^note) 48 

 His forcible detention of foreigners 



(note) 48 



A.D. 1664.— Rebellion at Kandy (note) 49 



The Dutch policj^ in Ceylon — peace . 50 



Their trade 50 



Mode of procuring cinnamon . . 51 



The cinnamon of Negombo the finest 51 

 Cinnamon trade not profitable . .51 



Elephants and their export . . 52 

 Areca nuts. — Persecution of the 



Moors 52 



Duties assessed according to religion 54 



Other exports 55 



Coftee, its cultivation discouraged . 55 



Salt monopoly 56 



Taxes, on land and other articles . 56 



Pearls doubtful if profitable . . 56 

 Power of native chiefs under the 



Dutch 56,57 



Dutch did little for the natives . . 57 

 Religion and education subservient to 



policy 58 



Agriculture neglected . . .58 

 Dutch ofiicials ill paid and discon- 

 tented 58 



Ceylon, in reality a military tenure . 59 

 Ceylon did not pay its own expenses 59 

 Treason of Governor Vuyst, 1626 . 60 

 Rebellion under Governor Yersluvs . 60 

 A.D. 1672.— The French visit Cejdon 60 

 French ambassador's suite flogged . 60 

 A.D. 1687.— Death of Raja Singha II, 61 

 Character of his successor . .61 

 A.D. 1739. — The Singhalese line ex- 

 tinct 61 



A.D. 1766.— The Dutch take Kandy . 61 



Governors ImholY and Fakk . . 61 



Arrival of the English in Ceylon . 62 



CHAP. III. 



ENGLISH PERIOD. 



First Englishman in Ceylon R. Fitch 63 

 Sir John Mandeville never in Ceylon 



(note) 63 

 England slow to enter the Indian 



trade 64 



Portugal claimed its monopoly . . 64 



Declaration of Queen Elizabeth 1590 64 

 Dutch exclude strangers from Cej'lon 



(note) 64 



The first English ship seen in Ceylon 64 



Travellers during the Dutch period . 65 



Wolf, ravernier,Tliunberg, and SirT. 



Herbert .... (note) 65 



