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if he should undertake anything against [this place, which 

 however we deem highly improbable seeing 



] 



and thus to keep this town with the aid of God. 

 It has furthermore been resolved 



Whereas we have been informed that in the month of 

 January the enemy expect vessels with supplies from other 

 places 



to send out beforehand to-morrow early to the Roads of 

 Columbo the yachts " Liefde," " De Star," and " Lecq," which 

 are ready to sail, with the company of soldiers under the 

 provisional Lieutenant Van der Fogt, together with one of our 

 sloops, in order to cruise thereabouts and prevent canoes 

 from going in and out. 



Furthermore the Lord President has submitted to the 

 Council the question whether it would not be advisable for 

 himself to join the expedition in the afore-mentioned ships, 

 in order to consult with the Commander Quast about the 

 affairs of Ceylon, and the way in which the enemy might 

 best be 



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attacked and harassed. 



All which having been fully weighed by the Council, and 

 it having been considered that this would also be in accord- 

 ance with the wishes of the Hon. the Governor and Council 

 of India, it has been unanimously resolved, 

 as the Lord President is fully acquainted with the state of 

 this Island, the position of the enemy and all matters 

 thereto appertaining, and as, with the help of God, this 

 place is not likely to run any risk in the first instance, 

 to put the Lord President's proposal into effect during his 

 absence to entrust the supreme command of Galle to the 

 " Supermerchant" 1 Marten Vinck, and to appoint as his 

 adjuncts the merchant Gerrit Moutmaker as second in 



1 OppercoopTrmn, the highest grade in the Company's service. 



