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and since we have been informed that a greater quantity of 

 merchandise has been sent there for the purpose of the said 

 pepper trade than the pepper brought there would require, 

 therefore it has been resolved that the said parcel shall be 

 sent to Coromandel by the first opportunity, where the said 

 articles are in great demand and find a ready sale. 



It has further been resolved that all the tin on board the 

 ships " Amsterdam" and " Ackersloot" shall be put on board 

 the said yacht " Waterhout," for which purpose are deputed 

 the Merchant Gabriel Happert and the Fiscal Anthony Boey, 

 who have received the said tin at Queda ; in order to see to 

 said transhipment, and the drawing up of the receipts 

 required. 



The quel " De Hasewind," which the Lord Governor- 

 General had destined for Persia and Surate, for the purpose 

 of transhipping the merchandise, but which has hitherto 

 been by us used for various purposes, is, by these presents, 

 appointed to remain with the fleet provisionally, seeing that 

 it is of great use to us in landing and embarking cannon, and 

 we could hardly do without it owing to the inaccessibility of 

 the Coasts of Ceylon, which 



MS.fol. 162. 



render it highly dangerous to unload and embark heavy 

 guns. 



Thus done and resolved on the north side of the river 

 Moutewael, date as above. (Signed) Frangois Caron, Jan 

 Thy sen, Willem van der Beecq, Marten Vinck, Reyndert 

 Weybrantsz, Steven Pietersz, Pieter Vinckboous, Johannes 

 Burgers. 



Friday, January 29, 1644. 



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Whereas we have taken into further consideration our 

 last resolution, by which it was determined that with our 

 army we should break up our encampment before the river 

 Moutewael, and having re-embarked here, should land south 



