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Malvana 1 , a fort at^Gurubevila 2 , a strong castle in Sita- 

 vaka 3 , two on the Denavaka side 4 , a fort at Batugedara 5 , 

 and another to the north of Sitavaka on the border of the Four 

 and Seven Korales 6 . Among the expeditions undertaken 

 in 1595 by Dom Jeronimo was one to Chilaw, where a large 

 body of Sinhalese had fortified themselves 7 , whom the Portu- 

 guese defeated with great loss 8 . One of the most formidable 

 antagonists that Dom Jeronimo had to contend with was a 

 gigantic Sinhalese mudaliyar, who had recently revolted 

 against the Portuguese because of some injustice done to 

 him 9 . This man, known to the Portuguese as Domingos 

 Correa 10 , and to the Sinhalese as Edirillerala 11 , gained a large 

 following, and for a time successfully checked the " pacifica- 

 tory " operations of the captain-general. Not only so, but at 



1 This is also recorded by Boc. (45). On p. 138 supra we read of 

 Malvana as one of the three places where Mayadunne had tranqueiras 

 (but see notes 1 and 2 there). On p. 437 infra, Couto speaks of " the 

 tranqueira Malvana." Dom Jeronimo gave the place an evil notoriety 

 (see F. y S. III. in. xiv. 17), and in later times it obtained a factitious 

 importance (see Rib. i. x., xiv.). 



2 Of. supra, p. 138, note 2 . 



3 This is probably the " lofty tower " mentioned by Faria y Sousa 

 (Asia Port. III. in. xvi.) as still standing in 1619 (Stevens appears to 

 have misunderstood the original in his translation of this passage — 

 see M. Lit. Reg. iv. 56). 



4 One at Denavaka (cf. supra, p. 34, note 3 ), the other at Kuruvita 

 (see infra, p. 411, note 3 ). 



-~| 5 See infra, p. 413, note 3 . 



6 On p. 412 infra we read of the " tranqueira of Ruanella " as 

 already in existence at the beginning of 1597. Ruvanvella is certainly 

 " north of Sitavaka," but hardly " on the border of the Four and Seven 

 Korales." The latter description would apply to Allawwa, where, as 

 we learn from XII. i. xiv. (p. 426), there was also a tranqueira. This, 

 also, is almost due north of Sitavaka, though a long distance therefrom, 



7 Cf. supra, pp. 376, 377. 



8 Vida de M. de Alb., u.s. It was doubtless after this engagement 

 that the fort referred to above was begun. 



9 Bald. Ceylon vi., where some curious and apparently authentic 

 details are given. A royal letter of 5 February 1597, printed in 



. Arch. Port.-Or. iii. (668), refers to " the rebellion of the Modeliar," 

 which had altered affairs in Ceylon for the worse. 



10 See infra, p. 417; Arch. Port.-Or. iii. 819; F. y S. III. i. ix. 



11 See Rdydvaliya 99. 



