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3 See on this drink Hobson-Jobson, s.v. ' Beer, Country ' ; and Journal 

 of the Ceylon Branch Eoyal Asiatic Society 1867-70, p. 150. 



4 Malluanen = Malwana. In Ribeiro's curious map of Ceylon (see 

 Tennent's Ceylon, II 5 ., p. 5 n.) this place is entered as 1 Malvana,' and 

 Ribeiro gives the following description of it (Bk. I., chap. 12) : — 

 " Malvana was situated on the bank of the river, about three leagues 

 from Colombo ; moreover, it covers a small area, with a square redoubt, 

 without any flank. In it resided a Captain, Ensign, and Sergeant, and 

 the soldiers who went there from the hospital became convalescent 

 and returned to their camps. It had a church, a chaplain, a storehouse 

 for provisions, and ammunition." To this Le Grand adds : — " Malwana 

 never was reckoned a fortress ; it is only a country seat at which the 

 Captains-General usually resided : they had a handsome palace there 

 called Rosa-pani ; and as the air was believed to be purer there than 

 anywhere else in the whole land, those who were convalescent were 

 sent there to recover their strength." The Captains-General of 

 Colombo, according to Ribeiro, assumed the title of ' King of Malwana/ 

 In 1736 a detachment of troops, 82 strong, sent by the Dutch to put 

 down a revolt among the Chaliyas of the Siyane korale, was driven 

 from Attanagalla by a large body of low-country Sinhalese and 

 Kandyans, with a loss of two field-pieces beside ammunition and 

 baggage, and forced to retire to Malwana. The small fort that had 

 been thrown up here was, however, attacked by the Disawa of the 

 Four and Seven Korales at the head of some thousands of men, and 

 was utterly demolished, the guard of lascoreens perishing in the flames. 

 This act gave rise to a formal war between the Dutch and the Kandy- 

 ans. In 1881, when the last census was taken, Malwana contained 

 63 houses and 342 persons. No traces of the fortifications now exist ? 

 I believe. 



5 Sombrero (Port, sumhreiro) and hippersol (Port. quita-soT) = 

 1 umbrella ' or ' sunshade.' See Hobson-Jobson, s. v. ' Sombrero ' and 

 ' Kittysol.' 



6 Tamboeltjntie, diminutive of tamboelijn = 1 tambourine.' Cf . Port. 

 atabale, 1 a kettle-drum ' (Vieyra). Yalentijn has ' tamblinjeros, tablin- 

 jeros, tammelijnspelers.' See Skeat's Etymological Dictionary, s. v. 

 < Tabour, Tabor.' 



7 Massah. Heydt (1744) says: — " they were in charge of a 



distillery, or Schacherey, as they are accustomed to call it there, and many 

 Europeans went there to drink, and were in the habit of refreshing 

 themselves with a Masac Cloria, Gorl, or a good bottle of fresh Sary 

 or palm- wine." Saar (Ost-Ind. Funfzehen-Jahrige Kriegs-Dienst, 1652, 

 chap. 4) describes the process of making this drink. Christopher 

 Langhans also, in his Neue Ost-Indische Reise, 1705, p. 200, describes 

 the various drinks indulged in at Batavia, and says : — " First they 

 pour into warm Tea- water Arach or Knip, put some sugar therein, 

 and this the boatmen call Gloria, or Children's Tea- water. They also 



