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names of the twelve bastions as given by Ribeiro, Saar, and 

 the Portuguese narrative in Baldaeus, we arrive at the follow- 

 ing result : — 



Ribeiro. 



Sta. Cruz 

 Galvoca 

 Mapane 

 S. Gregorio 



[Unnamed] 

 S. Hieronimo 



Madre de Deos 

 S. Sebastiao 

 S. Estevao 

 S. Joao 



Couraca in front of. 



Jesuits' College 

 Customhouse bastion. 



Saar 



Baldceus. 



S. Croix ... Holy Cross 



[Breastwork of S. Jago] Galvoca 



S. Augustin ... S. Augustijn 



Great bastion of Hiero- e 



nymus 



Capoccin ... [ ? Conceipcaon] 



Battery near House 



of Hieronymus ... S. Hieronymus 

 Madre Des ... Madre de Deos 



S. Sebastian ... S. Sebastiaan 



S. Stephan ... ° 



S. Joan 



S. Jan 

 Couraca of S. 

 cisco Xavier 



Fran- 



S. Yincenz 



In comparison with the writers of the other three accounts 

 of the siege of Colombo, Ribeiro laboured under the serious 

 disadvantage of not committing his narrative to paper until 

 nineteen years after the events recorded had taken place. 

 Hence it cannot be wondered at that his account is not so 

 detailed as those of Baldaeus and the anonymous Portuguese 

 writer. His narrative, however, is of great value and 

 interest, several facts being recorded therein which are not 

 found in the other descriptions. 



From the four narratives above mentioned, a detailed 

 account of the siege of Colombo in 1655-56 might be com- 

 piled. An essay in this direction was made some years ago 

 by Mr. Alfred Clark of the Forest Department, and was 

 published as a supplement to the Ceylon Observer of April 

 28, 1884 ; but unfortunately Mr. Clark had to depend for his 

 information chiefly on Le Grand's caricature of Ribeiro and 

 the faulty English translation of Baldaeus : hence this 



° The other three bastions mentioned are S. Anthonio, S. Jacob, and 

 Laurens ; but I cannot locate these. Baldaeus also speaks of the bastions 

 of Clergos and S. Philippo, near that of S. Sebastian. 



