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Company's letters to and from Jaffnapatnam, as he had 

 already done with regard to provisions. Whereupon the 

 Company's officers at Calpetty were directed to inform him 

 that he must leave within eight days for Manaar, permission 

 having been asked from the Court. But he would not listen 

 to reason, and continued his evil designs against the Company, 

 presuming to tell the messengers sent to him, that being 

 father-in-law to the King he would be a firebrand to the 

 Company so long as he remained there, and that he would 

 never allow any one to search his vessels, but would rather 

 burn the arecanuts. He also drove away the messengers, 

 the Kangaan and lascoreens who had the vessels in charge, 

 and the washers. 



As nothing could be done with this turbulent man, a com- 

 pany of soldiers was sent by sea to prevent him from molesting 

 the inhabitants : should he use force, they were to resist 

 him with force and search his vessels. 



Meanwhile the King's people had driven away the outposts 

 stationed to prevent the escape of the peelers, and broken 

 down the guardhouses, although they were erected upon the 

 Company's grounds far away from the King's territory, stating 

 that His Majesty would not allow any guardhouses to be erec- 

 ted on the roads. Although the Governor and Council tried 

 every means in their power, by sending presents, &c, to 

 obtain permission to gather cinnamon in the King's country, 

 it was not obtained. Some of the fugitive peelers, however, 

 came back, and about 200 able men, mostly Jagereros, 

 offered to join in the work of peeling cinnamon, and were 

 at once sent to the woods. 



At the same time a report came that the Naiker intended 

 to return to the Court instead of going to Cormandel, on 

 account of the death of the Queen of Kandy. As this 

 removed the uncertainty the Company had been labouring 

 under with regard to his relationship to the King, it was 

 decided to conceal somewhat the displeasure reasonably 

 felt by the Company, and to let him choose his own time of 

 departure, to make him some presents, and to release his two 



