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fear to disturb our field station at Giriagamme. One of these 

 two was, however, caught and hanged aloft by his legs to a 

 tree till he was dead. 



From this place His Excellency the Governor set out after 

 breakfast at about 2 P.M. and arrived at Wewedde at 6 P.M. 

 Having passed the night there, he departed on Tuesday, the 

 5th, at 7 A.M., for Pidroewelle, and arrived there in the 

 evening at sunset. He departed from thence on the 

 following Wednesday, the 6th, early in the morning, and 

 took his breakfast at Wisenawe, but rested for the night at 

 Kattegampelle, whence the journey was continued on — 



Thursday, the 7th, early in the morning. Towards 

 midday he reached Gonawile and tarried there till the 

 afternoon of Friday, the 8th. From this cantonment His 

 Excellency the Governor set out at 3 o'clock, and having 

 reached Tammerawile at 6.30 P.M. he dined there, and 

 proceeded on his journey to Nigombo, where he arrived at 

 10 P.M. He was met at this fortress by the Commandant of 

 Kandia, Marten Rein, Major Baron de Reder, the Bookkeeper 

 Joan Philip Stork, together with the writers Ziclitveld, 

 Wyland, Bote,Beukman,Staats, Werdal, Hopman, andLm&, 

 All of them were to depart to Kandia, except the Major 

 Baron de Reder, who was to remain at Gonawile and take 

 over the command from the Dissave Bauert. 



Saturday, the 9th. — In the afternoon the above-named 

 Commandant, together with the Major and the Bookkeeper, 

 departed from Nigombo, His Honour intending to take with 

 him on his march further from Gonawile the first sworn 

 clerk of the Secret Committee, Johan Hendrik Muller, who 

 was there, and whom His Honour had selected as his own 

 Secretary, and in place of him was appointed the Book- 

 keeper Andries Nicolaas Luyk, who arrived to-day at Ni- 

 gombo from Colombo. 



On Sunday, the 10th, at 8 A.M., His Excellency the Governor 

 accompanied by the Secretary Van Angelbeek, and also some 

 officers come back from Kandia, entered into a boat which 



