No. 62.— 1909.] letters or raja sijstha n. 269 



23 Valentyn says nothing of this letter, which accompanied the 

 presents that he mentions (see p. 211 of my former paper), and 

 regarding which Raja Sinha gives us fuller details below. 



24 Who this man was, I do not know. 



33 They were doubtless for Raja Sinha' s wonderful headgear, 

 as described and depicted by Knox in his Hist. Rel. p. 34 and plate 

 at p. 33. Valentyn does not mention these plumes, but speaks of 

 u two large curious hats." 



36 The royal writer may have had some suspicions that his dear 

 friends the Dutch would not scruple to try to get rid of him by 

 poison. 



'* 7 There can be no mistake in this date, " 1st " being written 

 44 pr° " (primeiro). This may be the letter from which Tennent 

 quotes (see p. 211 of my former paper), as he may possibly have 

 misread the date, which he states to be " 6th August." 



28 Present. See note 137 on p. 259 of my former paper. 



29 The Portuguese word is libreo, which Vieyra explains as " a 

 large Irish greyhound." But he says " See also cam de fila" and 

 this he Englishes by " a great cur, a mastiff -dog." As Valentyn, 

 in his list of presents (u.s.), says nothing about dogs, I cannot be 

 certain of the variety sent. (Regarding dogs as presents for Raja 

 Sinha see my Captain Robert Knox, pp. 13, 16.) 



30 Or, " temper " (modo). 



31 Port, pifaro, which means both " fife " and " fifer." Valen- 

 tyn does not mention this man, but says (u.s.) that a " bagpipe " 

 (sak-pyp) was sent among the presents. 



32 In 1646. See my former paper, pp. 191-2. 



33 Camp. 



84 That is, on the coast facing Ceylon. 



35 See my former paper, pp. 175, 178-80. 



36 See my former paper, p. 223 and note 347 at p. 270. 



37 The word I have so translated is in the first case tenande, 

 and in the second tenadde. There is no such word recorded in the 

 dictionaries ; but I presume that what is meant is tenente, an 

 obsolete meaning of which is also ' ' governor of a city for the king." ' 

 Apparently it is intended to represent the title appuhdmi. 



38 Baldgeus (Ceylon, chap, xxxvii.) calls him " Curupele 

 Apohamy." 



39 The list is printed at p. 212 of my former paper. 



40 See note 269 at p. 266 of my former paper. 



41 This is specified in the list. 



42 In June 1649 a Persian (Arab) horse was ^&nt to Raja Sinha 

 (see my former paper, p. 200), and in November 1654 "several 

 fine horses " were sent to the young prince (ibid. p. 219). Also 

 on 18 April 1652 a black stallion for Raja Sinha was sent by the 

 Dutch from Ispahan to Gombroon to be shipped to Ceylon with 

 other things (seeHotz's Journael . . .van. . .Joan Curacus, p. 215.) 

 As regards the king's craving for horses, &c, see my Captain 

 Robert Knox, p. 13 n. 



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