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have it repaired there. There being a great demand for 
cloves at Mazulipatam, the Factor, ARNOLD HENSSEN, and 
BARTHOLOMUS DE GRUITER were convinced that, if their 
Honours liked to sell them at 4 or 5 Pagods [ A Pagod is an 
Indian golden coin of $2.20.—Translator.] a basket of 24 lbs, 
they could easily sell 100,000 lbs. in a short time. All the other 
goods and produce of the Company were also pretty well sold 
during the past year, notwithstanding the uninterrupted wars. 
The enemy who had been lying several days with his army 
before Galle, having decamped on the 23rd May, 1641, march- 
ed to Billegam, Mature and Gindere(*) laying hand upon every- 
thing that he could catch and laying waste the whole country 
about Galle in order to intercept the provisions to our people. 
At that time Raja SINGAH forwarded from Ceylon to 
Coromandel five wretched elephants which were not worth 
sending. Among the home freights were 422,304 lbs. of indigo. 
The vessel Danish President Barent Passaart took some 
tobacco to Bengal. 
Heer JOHAN VAN TWIST, Governor of Malacca, wrote on 8th 
September, 1641, v7@ Palembang to Jambiand sent this letter 
per the English ship Azune to have it forwarded to the 
Captain HENRIK VAN GENT. The said English ship Ane 
arrived at Malacca on the 8th of August, together with the 
Franiker bringing the Commissioner JUSTUS SCHOUTEN. 
Twenty persons died of a contagious disease on board the 
Frantker on its voyage to Malacca. 
The old King of Atsjien, hearing of the resistance made by 
Malacca, was very irresolute and much inclined to make. 
peace with the Portuguese; but he fortunately died in 1641 
and was peaceably succeeded by his spouse as Queen, which 
was for the advantage of the Company. Peace was made 
with Djohor on reasonable conditions, andthe Portuguese Am- 
bassador, FRANCISCO DE ZOUZA, who had been detained in 
prison for a very long time, was released and forwarded as a 
present to the said Commissioner SCHOUTEN. And everything 
would have turned out to the best of the Company’s wishes 
but for one thing, viz., that the Company suffered a heavy loss 
through the sale of the deceased King of Atsjien jewel- 
(1) Weligama, Matara and Gintota. 
