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NOTES. 



1 Cf. the letter of 10 January 1652, printed at p. 210 of my 

 former paper. 



2 This is the letter, Valentyn's summary of which is given m the 

 last paragraph on p. 209 of my former paper. It will be seen that 

 Raja Sinha furnishes a fuller abstract of van Kittenstein's letter 

 than Valentyn does. 



3 The bulk of the king's reply to the Dutch governor's letter of 

 15 November 1651 consists, as will be noticed, of an elaborate 

 defence of his arrogation of the name of " God," for which van 

 Kittenstein had politely rebuked him. 



4 Raja Sinha' s Buddhism was greatly permeated by Hinduism 

 and to some extent by Christianity. Compare what Knox says 

 in his Hist. Bel., pp. 42-3. 



5 See the references in note 253 of my former paper. 



6 See p. 168 of my former paper. 



7 See p. 210 of my former paper. 



8 Some of the writing here is destroyed, owing to a fold in the 

 letter. 



9 What this refers to, I am unable to say. 



10 Probably the present referred to further on. 



11 See pp. 194 and 213 of my former paper. 



12 See the last paragraph on p. 210 of my former paper, where 

 Valentyn's summary of this letter is printed. In this case also 

 Raja Sinha gives us a much fuller abstract of van Kittenstein's 

 letter than does the Dutch historian. 



13 See the letter to Kieft printed at p. 210 of my former paper. 



14 This refers probably to van Kittenstein's statement (according 

 to Valentyn) that Kieft " would make known to Their Honours 

 by word of mouth His Majesty's good feeling towards the Dutch." 



15 That is, a courier (see Hobson-Jobson, s. v. Pattamar "). 



16 See note 4 at p. 248 of my former paper. 



17 See the last paragraph on p. 213 of my former paper. 



18 Cf. the first paragraph of letters 17 and 18 on p. 236 of my 

 former paper. See also the last paragraph of Raja Sinha's letter 

 of 18 February 1656, printed on p. 228 of the same paper. 



ld See Valentyn's version of van Kittenstein's reply to this at 

 pp. 212-3 of my former paper. 



20 Cf. the second paragraph of Raja Sinha's letter to Kieft, at 

 p. 210 of my former paper. 



21 Whether there was any truth in this statement, I cannot say. 

 Raja Sinha. of course, denied the allegation. 



22 Portions of the writing destroyed, owing to a fold in the letter. 



