238 VALENTYN’S ACCOUNT OF MALACCA. 
The day after the arrival of Commissioner SCHOUTEN, the | 
vessel D’Eendracht arrived at this place from Coromandel, 
with a freight of calicos worth guilders 165,000, and on the 
roth ditto, the (sloop) Amdéoina quite unexpectedly entered 
the river here. Having left at 6 degrees Northern latitude 
the vessels under the command of DOMINICUS BOUWENS (sail- 
ing from Ceylon to Java) she had touched Acheen and 
brought first the news of the demise at that place of the 
Underfactor, HENRIK VAN RENDORP, Assistant to the Factor, 
JAN COMPOSTEL, and further that on account of the close 
occupation till the 2nd May, but one Portuguese vessel had 
arrived at Goa, which brought the news that the two caracks, 
with the new Viceroy, JOAN DE SYLVA, on board, which left 
Lisboa in September last, were still lying under the protec- 
tion of the Fortress Aguada, and that it was most likely quite 
impossible to return this year to Europe. Leaving Goa, the 
said Commander BOUWENS sailed to Ceylon with the vessels 
Amboina, Arnemuyden and Valkenburg, on his arrival there 
he heard that Punto Galle was besieged by the Portuguese, 
about 700 or 800 strong, under the Command of Don PHI- 
LIPPO DE MASCARENHAS, but that the place was not in dis- 
tress, since the President, JAN THYSSEN, held the fortress 
with a garrison of 500 men well provided with all sorts of 
necessities. As Mr. SCHOUTEN had to remain here still a 
little longer, he thought it better to despatch D’ELendracht 
first, so, after having shipped on board the Coromandel 
freight, worth guilders 165,000, the unsold jewels, cash rix 
dollars 1,009, four undamaged brass guns from the ramparts of 
Malacca and a big bell for the church of Batavia, of a total 
value of guilders 139,431-17-8, it sailed from here on 14th Sep- 
tember last. 
On 24th September the /ranzker, with Commissioner SHOU- 
TEN on board, left this place with a freight of Achinese pepper, 
some rice, 274 bhara of Andragiri pepper ( purchased of the 
British Anne at rix dollars 25 a bhara), besides 7 damaged 
guns and other rubbish, altogether worth guilders 2,273.14. 
He hoped to arrive soon at Batavia, so as to be able to give 
their Honours a thorough report on the condition of this place 
