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On the 28th he started at nine o'clock in the morning, and 

 after halting on the road at Nawagomuwa and Ambatale he 

 reached the river at Nakulugan at four o'clock. Here the 

 Commissioner and the Ambassador entered a carriage, and by 

 five o'clock reached the Castle of Colombo and reported them- 

 selves to His Excellency. 



This statement of the daily occurrences of our journey is 

 written with all duty, obedience, and humility. Should any 

 error be found therein your most humble servant craves for 

 pardon in the name of the Lord. 



Thus written at Colombo on Friday, the Twenty -eighth 

 day of March, One thousand Seven hundred and Thirty- two. 



Of the statements recorded herein all except the message 

 which was delivered and the replies which were vouchsafed 

 at the first and second audiences 



