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These 1,390 men aforesaid shall each of them be provided 

 with bacon and bread for three days, to wit, each of them with 

 \ pound of bacon and 1 pound of bread daily, so that in case 

 of need they can, thus provided, march into the interior, 

 for which purpose the boats commanded by Steven Pietersz, 

 Skipper of the ship " Amsterdam, " shall set out for the river 

 Gindure, about \\ mile north of Galle, with the provisions 

 aforesaid, ammunition, and all sorts of necessaries ; and at 

 the same time, 



MS.fol. 110. 



if required, transport our forces to the other side of the said 

 river ; in order to make an attempt against the enemy, and 

 try to attack him in various places, and if possible to defeat 

 the 540 men or 18 istancies lying at Hackmine ; 

 on the express understanding that if this expedition and 

 attempt should not succeed, our forces shall return to Galle, 

 the troops be re-embarked, and the fleet set sail for Columbo 

 in order to attack the said town with the help of God. 



Thus done and resolved in the ship " Frederick Hendrick," 

 1 mile east of Galle, date as above, was signed F. Caron, 

 Jan Thysen, Willem van der Beecq, Marten Vinck, Reyn- 

 dert Weybrantsz, Steven Pietersz, Pieter Vinckboous. 



Wednesday, December 23. 1648. 



MS.fol. 111. 



Whereas yesterday in the forenoon we arrived with 

 the whole army at this place named Regam, 1 and were 

 prevented by the impracticable roads and the morasses from 

 proceeding further towards the enemy's camp ; and have 

 meanwhile sent out our spies in order to reconnoitre the 

 enemy's camp and try to find good roads, 

 who reported to us that the enemy was still lying in his 



1 More likely Ratgama than Ragama. 



