NO. 53.— 1902.] GALLB DUTCH RECORDS. 337 

 MS. page 95. 



who came out to India in the ship "L. Hoff van Holland" 

 in 1635, as a " hanger-on" 1 on a monthly pay of 5 guilders, 

 who afterwards in 1639 again engaged himself as a sailor 

 at a monthly pay of 9 guilders, is by these presents, as his 

 second engagement has expired, at his request admitted to 

 a new engagement for another term of three years in the 

 capacity of a soldier, and allowed a monthly pay of 11 

 guilders, the new engagement and increase of pay being 

 held to have begun this day, 



Thus done and resolved in the town of Galle, datum ut 

 supra. Jan Thysen, Gerrit Moutmaker, Pieter Lemoyne, Jan 

 van der Laen, Lambert Camholt, Albert Claesz Hooghland, 

 Secretary. 



Sunday, August 17, 1642, 



MS. page 96. 



Whereas Deseneyke Moedliaer and other chiefs of the 

 Cingalese residing in this town have informed us that if we 

 would please to send out a body of our men together with 

 theirs, no farther than beyond the river Gindure to a place 

 named Arrag [ ], 2 between 1 and 1\ mile from here,, 

 they would make bold to provide us with a reasonable 

 number of buffaloes and cows (?), 



The Lord President having convened his Council, strength- 

 ened with the provisional Lieutenants Gerrit Maeyer and 

 Bur chard Cocqx, has submitted to their consideration the 

 question : 



What were best to be done in this matter for the greatest 

 profit of the Honourable Company, and in order to provide 

 fresh victuals for this garrison, said fresh victuals being 

 urgently required, and it being incumbent on us to let no 

 opportunity pass to procure the same ; 



which having been duly weighed by the Council, and it 

 having been considered 



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1 See note on page 330. 



2 Horagampitiya ? 



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