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sighted the great bay of Batacalo, and shortly after that of 

 Trinquenemale. Then striking a course towards Choro- 

 mandel, we lost sight of Ceilon. 



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 [After taking in cargo on the Choromandel coast, they sailed for 

 Columbo, When Punto Pedro, Trinckenemale, and Batacalo had been 

 passed, the vessel encountered a gale, which lasted three days, and 

 forced the sailors to work the pumps night and day. Fortunately the 

 currents were favourable, and when the storm abated they found 

 themselves near Puncto gale bay (having been carried before the wind 

 past the Galyettis, Dondery, Matura, and Bellingam) and there 

 anchored. Thence under a clear sky, and aided by the current and a 

 north-west breeze, they sailed passed the Alicaon river and Caltere, 

 and dropped anchor in Columbo roadstead on November 1st. — 

 B., Hon. Sec] 



Book II., Chapter VIII. 



Here, off the city of Columbo, we found a goodly fleet of 

 Dutch men-of-war, the number of which increased every day. 

 From our Fatherland the following magnificent ships came 

 to join us, 'tHuys Her Sivieten, de Rijsende Zon, de Wassende 

 Maen, deBeurs, and HRaed-huys van Amsterdam, all full of 

 troops, well rigged, despatched and amply found in provisions. 

 They were sent out to meet at Columbo, as the place of 

 rendezvous, and to unite with the before-mentioned 

 squadron. Thus, within a few days, more than twenty fine 

 vessels were assembled. From land they were provided 

 with shovels, spades, pickaxes, scaling ladders, gabions, and 

 palisades ; also powder, ball, cannon, mortars, and other 

 munition of war. A good number of soldiers, drawn from 

 the garrisons of the Dutch fortifications at Manare, Jafene- 

 patnam, Negombo, Caltere, and the towns Puncto gale, 

 Negapatnam, and other places, landed at Columbo almost 

 daily. In short, preparations were pushed actively forward, 

 so that very soon we were quite ready to pay a visit to the 

 coast of Malabar, and the towns of our enemies, the 

 Portuguese. The Dutch, in the town of Columbo and on 



