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no little time and trouble ; and I hope that the facts recorded 

 (many of them for the first time in English) will prove of 

 interest to students of Ceylon history. 



I have to express my thanks to Mr. H. C. Cottle, Ceylon 

 Government Printer, for the pains he has taken to insure 

 accuracy in the spelling of names, &c. 



D. F. 



AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO. 



Alg. Doc. — Alguns Documentos do Archivo National da Torre 

 do Tombo, &c. Lisbon. 1892. 



Arch, da Rel. de Goa. — Archivo da Relagdo de Goa, &c. Por 

 J. I. de Abranches Garcia. 2 pts. Nova Goa. 1872-4. 



Arch. Port.-Or. — Archivo Portuguez-Oriental. (Ed. by J. H. 

 da Cunha Rivara.) 6 fascic. Nova Goa. 1857-76. 



Bald. — Beschryving van het machtige Eyland Ceylon, &c. Door 

 Philippus Baldseus. 1672. (The English trans, in vol. III. 

 of Churchill's collection of voyages being very erroneous, 

 I have made reference to the original edition. ) 



Barb. — A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar 

 in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century, by Duarte Barbosa. 

 Trans, by Hon. H. E. J. Stanley. (Hakluyt Soc.) London. 

 1866. 



Boc. — Decada 13 da Historia da India. Por Ant. Bocarro. 

 Lisbon. 1876. 



Bowrey. — A Geographical Account of Countries round the Bay 

 of Bengal, 1669 to 1679. By T. Bowrey. Ed. by Sir R. C. 

 Temple. (Hakluyt Soc.) London. 1905. 



Cartas de S. B. — See Tombo do Est. da Ind. 



C. A. S. Ji. — Journal of the Asiatic Society of Ceylon. 

 Colombo, v. y. 



Cast. — Historia do Descobrimento e Conqvista da India pelos 

 Portvgveses. Por Fernao Lopez de Castanheda. Nova ed. 

 8 vols. Lisbon. 1833. 



C. Lit. Reg. — Ceylon Literary Register. Vols. I. to VII. 

 Colombo. 1887-92. 



Col. de Trat. — Colleccao de Tratados e concertos de pazes, &c. 

 Por J. F. Judice Biker. 14 torn. Lisbon. 1881-7. 



