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the case, but with regard to the other, the late King had 

 given orders that a village in the Four Corles should be 

 given to the Basnaike, but that Belligam had afterwards 

 been substituted for it. 



The Governor continued to demonstrate to them the 

 impossibility of giving effect to the above ola ; but that it 

 was intended to please His Majesty in every other respect. 

 The Ambassadors now inquired whether that ola could 

 not be delivered to the Basnaike with due honours : on 

 which the Governor desired them not to make such an 

 unreasonable request, but to request His Majesty to substitute 

 the village of Kendamgamme for that of Belligam. - 



The officials then wished to know what was to be done 

 with the ola, and were informed, that out of respect to 

 His Majesty it would be deposited with other secret State 

 papers. 



They again asked whether it might not be delivered to the 

 Basnaike in Council. This was finally granted in order to 

 get rid of them ; but the Basnaike was secretly ordered to 

 return it to the Secretary after their departure, which he 

 did. 



The Governor in a subsequent interview with the Courtiers 

 reiterated his displeasure at the protracted execution of the 

 promises, and especially about the peeling of the cinnamon 

 in the Pittigal Corle. 



The Courtiers requested us to have patience until a 

 fortnight after their departure, when not only would the 

 Pitigal Corle be put into our possession, but permission 

 would be given to peel cinnamon uninterruptedly in all the 

 other Corles, and some more elephants would also be 

 sent. 



In return for which the Company promised on its 

 side to despatch a vessel to Arrakan to convey from there a 

 chief priest (een Bisschop), to consecrate their temples and 

 pagodas, provided the promises made to the Company were 

 executed, and the Company remained masters of the 

 seaboard. 



