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So careful and diligent had these Captains been in carry- 

 ing out his plans that the fortress was already in a state of 

 defence : all that was needed was to man it. Leaving the 

 Captain Vitorio d'Abreu with a garrison of two Portuguese 

 companies and some Caffres, he sent Luis Cabral de Faria to 

 reconnoitre the Four Corlas with a thousand lascarins to 

 help him if necessary, and taking with him a little over 

 three hundred Portuguese from the companies of Don 

 Constantino Barreto and of Luis Teixeira de Macedo, he 

 marched out in search of Madune. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Constantino de Sa conquers Madune. He Destroys 

 his Power and drives him out of the Island. 

 He finishes the Fort of Sofragan, repairs 

 and restores gale fort, and relieves that of 

 Manar. He drives the English from the Bay 

 of Triquilimale and Cotiar. Finally he orders 

 the execution of Cangarache, the Renegade. 

 Barreto is killed by his own Followers. 



The unexpected and courageous resolution of the General 

 struck terror into the heart of Madune, who abandoned 

 the Two Corlas and took to the rugged and steep mountain 

 ranges in the vicinity of Adam's Peak, and for that reason most 

 difficult of access, at a distance of ten leagues from Sofragan, 

 where he could entrench and shelter his followers, thinking 

 himself secure in this position. He built them a town 

 with the rapidity they usually build in the Island, as the 

 huts are commonly made up of cadjan leaves so inter- 

 woven and plaited together that they are able to resist the 

 inclemencies of the weather, just as if they had been built of 

 marble : they are as easy to build up as they are to destroy. 

 Nature, which walled them in by rocks and art by fortifi- 

 cation, rendered Madune almost inaccessible and able to 



