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usual distance to meet them. They consisted of Mampi£iy6* 

 Ralahami, Disava of the Three and Seven Korales, Leupef 

 Moho^ala Hami, Tunpanahe Ra^e Ralahami, and the Kota- 

 galoluwa, Iriyagama, Doranagama, and Hulangamuwe Mu- 

 handirams, accompanied as a mark of honour by ten cannon, { 

 one hundred and twenty-five musketeers, two standards, 

 fifteen banners, one hundred and thirty spearmen and twelve 

 men with horane and sinhdran. They were received with 

 the usual formalities and sprinkled with rose water : after 

 which they were escorted to the tdndyama, which they reached 

 about seven o'clock at night. There the Disava stated that 

 he had been despatched with His Majesty's commands to 

 inquire after the health of his faithful, honoured, and well- 

 beloved Excellency the Governador. To which the Ambassador 

 replied that by the blessing of God when he himself started 

 from Colombo His Excellency was in sound health and pre- 

 pared to serve His Majesty with all zeal, loyalty, and devotion. 

 The chiefs expressed their great pleasure at this, and made 

 similar inquiries regarding the officers of his Council ; to which 

 a similar reply was given. They finally asked after the 

 Ambassador's own health and also whether since his entrance 

 within His Majesty's dominions there had been anything 

 lacking in the honours which had been paid to him or the 

 manner in which his wants had been attended to. The latter- 

 answered with an expression of the greatest satisfaction that 

 he was continuing in good health in the service of His Majesty, 

 and that nothing had been lacking in the treatment rendered 

 to him in accordance with the gracious commands which he 

 had been pleased to issue ; and he ventured to express his 

 humble and loyal thanks to His Majesty for his condescension 

 in making these inquiries regarding him. He was then 

 informed that pending the early arrival of some high chiefs 



' V 3 itiy6 Xavaratna Ami.rtahasta Mudiyanse, Disava of Seven 

 and r K6rales; also in 1721 (Valentyn, p. 352); grandfather of the 

 Dugga^ia Unnanse of Kirtti Sri Raja Sinha. — H. W. C. 



f I.e., Lewke Vijayasundara Rajakaruna Herat Mudiyanse, or 

 Vijayasundara Rajakarunayaka Seneviratna Mudiyanse, Disava of Four 

 Korales, c. 1745.— H. W. C. 



£ Kodituwakku, gingalls ; [Dutch, sprinkhaan. — B. G. A.} 



