NO. 53—1902.] GALLE DUTCH RECORDS. 487 



The following articles of ammunition and necessaries shall 

 also be carried along with the same, to wit : 



300 lb. of gunpower i for the soldiers, in case of 

 5,000 lb. of musket-balls f necessity. 

 114 bundles of matches in nineteen bags, the which shall 

 be wrapped in tarred cloth, to keep them dry. 

 50 long pikes l to be used in wet weather instead 



50 long direlingen (?) f of firearms. 

 20 shovels. 

 30 spades. 

 20 axes. 

 10 pick-axes. 



30 cadjans to keep the powder and the matches from 

 the rain. 



Furthermore, all the leathern buckets on board the respec- 

 tive ships of our fleet, in order to draw water out of the 

 ditches on the way, which are said to be few in number and 

 of little depth, to the end that the men may drink without 

 troubling the water and in due order, for which purpose also 

 each man shall have a cocoanut shell provided for him ; the 

 buckets aforesaid also to be used to cover the burning 

 matches in case of rain, 



all which ammunition and utensils aforesaid shall also be 

 carried by the said coolies. 

 All the soldiers to be provided with five fathoms of match 



MS.fol. 148. 



each, their bags and bandoliers to be filled with gunpowder 

 and lead, and each soldier to be provided with 3 lb. of bread 

 and 1^ lb. of bacon for three days. 



Furthermore, the ships of our fleet shall run to within a 

 mile north of Columbo, and remain there together as near to 

 the shore as possible until such time as the yacht " Wingurla," 

 the quel " De Hasewind," and the sloops with two 

 mizenmasts (which shall sail close to shore in order to 

 inspect the situation of the bay) shall have given them full 



