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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. XV. 



Translation. — Here rests Christiaan Mulhousen, (Onder- 



koopman) of the Hon. Company and of the Cey(lon) 



Government. (Born) 6th January. (Died on the .) in 



the year 1704. Aged years and * 



Plate 130, Galle.f 



Translation.— To the memory of the Hon. Carel Pieter 

 Swensen, Sea-Captain and Equipagie Meester (Master 

 Attendant) of Galle. Born in Colombo, 9th June, 3691. 

 Died at Galle, 13th December, 1739. Aged 48 years 6 

 months and 4 days. 



Arms— See Plate 86, L.Z. 



Remarks. — This tombstone was found in the old Dutch 

 Cemetery in the Fort, and is still lying there. I am 

 indebted to Mr. H. E. H. Hayes, of the Public Works 

 Department, for the photograph of the stone. Carel Pieter 

 Swensen was married to Maria Sophia Ravens, who married 

 secondly Jacob de Jong.J 



Plate 132. 



Other Dutch inscriptions§ : — 



On a stone in the resthouse verandah, Taugalla : — 

 DOORMYN 

 OP. GEBOUWT 

 A. J, 1774. 



Translation, — Doormyn, built in the year of Jesus 1774. 



Remarks.— The Dutch always chose names for their 

 houses indicative of comfort, content, and happiness on the 

 part of the owner. || Doormyn means "out and out mine," or 

 "my very own." 



* See Plate 128. f See Plate. J See Plate 86, L.Z. 



§ See 2 C.L.R. 116. |j See 2 C.L.R. 356. 



