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of interest to members in connection with the recent publi- 

 cation of the younger De Sa's account of the Rebellion 

 in Ceylon. The account, as far as it goes, is in perfect 

 agreement with De Sa's narrative in the main. It must be 

 borne in mind that this work deals solely with De Sa's 

 march against the forces of Mayadunna, and the causes which 

 led up to it. But the great rebellion in which De Sa suffered 

 defeat at the hands of Raja Sinha II. forms the subject 

 of Mahd Hatana, another Sinhalese poem by Kirimetiyawe 

 Dasi meti. I hope to consider this book in a subsequent 

 Paper. I may state, en passant, that Kirimetiyawa's work 

 is inferior in literary merit to the native Christian poet's 

 composition. So much for the general features of the work. 

 Let me now proceed to give a brief summary of the 

 contents. 



The two rebel chiefs, Baretto and Kdngara, find favour by 

 means of deceit and treachery at the Kandyan Court, and 

 are granted Uva and Tunkinda (verse 15). From Badulla — 

 where the preparations are made — an expedition is organized 

 to gain Vellassa, Batticaloa, and Vellawaya ; and they pro- 

 ceed to attack the fortress of Sabaragamuwa, spreading 

 disaffection among the inhabitants of Denawaka Pasrata, 

 Matara, Kukulu Korale, and Pasyodun Korale (verses 17, 18), 

 in opposition to the Kandyan king, to whom they now owe 

 allegiance. Thereafter they proceed against the king him- 

 self, — an act of perfidy which is very happily illustrated by 

 our poet : — 



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Like the Asur Basma who, obtaining a boon from Iswara, turned 

 against that deity himself and gave chase to kill him. 



He and his sons escape : they are taken and confined in 

 some remote place in the Wanni, the palace robbed, and the 

 guards put to death. With the Wanniyans they now begin 



