ON THE-MALA'YU NATION". 119 



p great country, which is called Goa, giving -air account that: the kingdom 

 " of Maldca was conquered. As soon as this intelligence arrived, the 

 «* /teja of the Portuguese was exceedingly happy ; and in about two 

 " months after he answered the letters, and ordered the Portuguese- to 

 " build a fort at Maldca -of iron stone, and the form- of the fort to 

 " be like that at Goa, Such was the occasion of the fort of - Maldca 

 "■ resembling that of Goa. 



."As soon as the letters arrived at Maldca from the Raja of Goa, the 

 "' Portuguese who were in Maldca, ordered such of the people as had re~ 

 " mained there, to bring iron stones for the fort from Oiidla Lingi, Pulau 

 " Upi, Batu Bras, Pulau Jdwu, (a small island near Maldca,) from Teloh 

 S( Mas, fromPisauPringr, from Pu law Burung, and from the country 

 " in the interior of Maldca; and the price which the Portuguese paid' for 

 "them was at the rate of thirty dollars; for one hundred stones, if large, 

 " and twenty dollars, for one hundred stones, if small. For eggs which 

 "they used in their mortar, the Portuguese paid at -the rate of sl Wang 

 " Baru* (new coin) for each. For Wme (Capor) they paid fifteen dollars 

 " for a Coye n, and the labourers employed in digging away the hill,, were 

 " paid at the rate of half a dollar each, for one day's work. 



" During thirty-six years three months and fourteen days, the Por- 

 A tuguese were employed in the construction of the fort,., and then it was 

 " completed. 



" From this time the Portuguese remained in quiet possession of Ma- 

 ."■ Idea for about nine years and one month, when the country once more 

 "■ began to flourish, and the trade became extensive on account of the 



* Twenty-seven Wang baruzxQ equalto a ddllat, the Madras fanams. 



