NO. 58. — 1907.] JOAN GIDEON LOTEN, F.R.S. 



243 



outrageous conduct. * In any case he seems to have left Ceylon 

 for Batavia in 1714 or 1715, for in the latter year, according 

 to Valentyn,f he was one of the captains at the Rotterdam gate 

 in Batavia, as well as captain of the castle and major for a 

 while. In 1717, according to the same authority,! deBevere 

 received the permanent appointment of captain of the castle, 

 a post which he held until 1719. when he died.§ 



That Captain de Bevere left behind him in Ceylon his mis- 

 tress and child seems certain; and, judging by Loten's words 

 quoted by Mr. van Houten above, it would appear that though 

 brought up respectably and as a Christian, this child, on 

 attaining adolescence and manhood, displayed no uncommon 

 qualities to call for special mention, else Loten would surely 

 have said something of them. Regarding this man and his 

 talented son we shall probably never learn more than what 

 Loten has told us.|| 



Let us now turn to Loten himself. As the events of his life 

 recorded by Mr. van Houten in his two papers are set down in 

 a somewhat haphazard manner, it may be as well to tabulate 

 them here according to chronological sequence. They are as 

 follows : — 



1710 16 May . . Loten born at Scadeshoeve. 



1732 4 Jan. . . L. sails as under merchant for East Indies. 

 ,, Aug. . . L. arrives at Batavia. 



1733 10 July . . L. appointed fiscal, Java's north coast. 



,, 24 Aug. . . L. married at Batavia to Anna Henrietta 



van Beaumont. 

 ,, 10 Sept. . . L. leaves Batavia for Samarang. 

 29 Sept. . . L. arrives at Samarang. 



1734 16 Oct. . . L.'s eldest child born. 



* For which he had not the excuse that justified the behaviour of an 

 earlier ambassador — a soldier to boot — Henricus van Bystervelt in 

 1671 (see C. As. Soc. Jl. xi. 355-76, Knox Hist. Rel. 181). 



f Beschr. van Bat. 415. 



t Ibid. 414. 



§ Ibid. That de Bevere does not appear to have been punished, 

 but rather to have been promoted, need not surprise us : compare the 

 case of Overschie and Thyssen in 1645 (see C. As. Soc. Jl. xviii. 189 and 

 260 n. 146). 



|| Unless, indeed, it be from the Wolvendaal church records and the 

 Dutch archives in Colombo. 



