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Rocks [que 1 cla ponta da Galle the a das pedras] : it is 82 

 leagues in length and 4 in breadth, which is the distance 

 from Chilao to Trequimale ; and its circumference is 190 

 leagues.' 



" The 2nd chapter in the printed edition begins : — 4 It is said 

 that this Island had seven Kingdoms ; this does not surprise 

 me, for even at the present day, on the coast of India, these 

 people out of a limited province form a Kingdom, as we have 

 seen on the coast of Cannara and Malavar . . . .' 



" The manuscript reads: — ' It is said that this island had seven 

 K doms : this does not surprise me, for on the coast of India, 

 even at the present day, these people form a kingdom out 

 of a limited province, as we have seen on the coast of Cannara 

 and Malavar.' 



" Here the superiority of form, the elegance of diction, are 

 to be noted. 



" In chapter VIII. is printed : — ' As D. Joao had the Queen 

 in his hands, he executed on her the purpose which he had 

 secretly determined on ; and which was, that then in public 

 in the sight of all, he should deflower her, by which act lie 

 would obtain the end of his hopes in making himself King.' 



" In the manuscript : — ' As D. Joao had succeeded in getting 

 possession of D. Catharina, he executed the purpose that he 

 had only secretly determined on, which was to have con- 

 nexion with her publicly, the only means of obtaining 

 marriage with her and being King of her Dominions.' 



" One is struck with the superiority and delicacy of phrase 

 in the allusion to the act, from which there can remain 

 no doubt that the manuscript under notice was amended by 

 the author himself from the first one, which the Academy 

 took in hand to print. 



" It is well to notice the divergence of the headings of 

 chapter XIX. Whilst that of the printed edition says that 

 there was in the island ' a great abundance of provisions, 

 cattle, and diseases,' that of the manuscript asserts that it had 

 ■* abundance of provisions, cattle, and few diseases,' an asser- 

 tion which a perusal of the chapter, both in the printed edition 

 and in the manuscript, fully demonstrates. 



"As far as the 24th chapter of Book I. noteworthy differ- 

 ences are to be found, and this also contains some. The 

 printed edition runs : — ' It is not amiss to note, that this 

 Island being, as neither with the size of Borneo, or S. Louren^o, 

 which in fine by the capacity of these, and extent of land, 

 might have a similar monstrosity ; but it is to be noticed, as 

 we have shown, that the circumference of Ceilao is a little 



1 According" to the usage of the writers of the period, there is the ellipse 

 •of a verb, perhaps vao (reach). — Note of Sr. Barata. 



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