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of our people, already been gathered into the purified 

 Church of Christ. 



Trinquenemale, lying on the north-east coast of Ceylon, 

 possesses one of the largest and most beautiful harbours to 

 be found on this pleasant Island, but, as far as my knowledge 

 goes, no cinnamon grows there. Heer Anthonio Caen, then 

 Councillor of India, erected here, in the year 1639, for the 

 first time, a small fortification ; but subsequently the Dutch 

 had occasionally to abandon the place. When in the year 

 1661 we passed this pretty bay, we could not see any forti- 

 fication ; afterwards, during the second English war, another 

 fort with four bastions was built there, so as not to give any 

 chance to those who were seeking the ruin of our country. 



Batacalo, or as it is sometimes (but incorrectly) called, 

 Matacalo, was from ancient times a celebrated place, where 

 the Dutch on May 31, 1602, under the command of General 

 Joris Spilbergen, landed for the first time for the sake of the 

 trade in cinnamon. The fortress built by the Portuguese 

 was taken in the year 1638 from the Lusitanians by Heer 

 Adam Westemvolt, and afterwards delivered to the Emperor 

 of Ceilon. 



Proceeding from Batacalo towards the south, along the 

 seacoast up to the Galyettis, there are few places of any 

 importance to be seen. Everything there, however, as also 

 in the Galyettis, and in Dondery, Matura, Bellingamme, and 

 so on round the Island of Ceilon, is wholly subject to the 

 Netherlander ; and our people may safely travel there, from 

 one district to the other, overland. This we ourselves have 

 done in the districts of the Galyettis, and also from thence to 

 Dondery and Mature, as I have already mentioned in 

 chapter VII. 



In Matura, the Dutch have a compact little fort. They 

 possess also Bellingamme, otherwise called the " Red Bay," 

 from which a person may walk in four hours to the town of 

 Puncto gale. 



In the year 1640, by the blessing of the Almighty, and 

 under the valiant direction of the Commandeur Willem 



