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however, not being contourne as in Plate 106, the dexter 

 impalement in Plate 94, L.Z., being the Van der Parra coat. 

 Cornells van der Parra and Gertruida Susanna Sparuyt had 

 another son, Petrus Albertus, born in Colombo, 29th Septem- 

 ber, 1714 ; married, firstly, 30th September, 1733, Elizabeth 

 van Aerden, and secondly, 11th June, 1743, Adriana Johanna 

 Bake, widow of Anthony Guldenarm, Commandeur. She 

 was the daughter of David Johan Bake, Extraordinary Coun- 

 cillor, Dutch Indies, and his wife Ida Dudde, and she died 

 at Weltrevreden (Batavia), 18th February, 1787. Petrus 

 Albertus entered the Company's service as a Soldaat by de 

 Penne in 1728, and rose to the rank of Governor-General on 

 the 15th May, 1761. By his first marriage he had three 

 children, who predeceased him. His child by the second 

 marriage was Petrus Albertus (born in Batavia, 1760, died 

 1783), a Judge in Batavia, who married there, 18th May, 1778, 

 Catherina Breton, daughter of Hendrik Breton, Director- 

 General, and Sara Maria van Oordt. Mr. van der Kloot 

 gives the three charges in base as " acorns or." * 



Plate 15, L.Z., Colombo. 



Translation. — I take the following translation from 

 6 C.L.R. 96 :— 



Hidden beneath this tombstone's shade 

 The mortal part of Rumpf is laid : 

 Illustrious dust ; his spirit high 

 Now flits beyond the ethereal sky. 

 Sunk is the sun that gleamed so bright, 

 Changed is our day to " death's dark night." 

 Born to command and grief assuage, 

 The fondest hope of this our age. 

 Lo ! Ceylonese, lo ! here he lies : 

 When'er this stone confronts your eyes, 

 Grudge not the tribute of a tear 

 To parent worth that's buried here. 



Born 21st November, 1673. Died 11th June, 1723. 



* " Gouverneurs-Generaals en Commissarissen." See Plates 93, 94, L.Z. 



