No. 54—1903.] KING KIRTI SRI'S EMBASSY TO SIAM. 39 
the Sacred Tooth and so acquire merit ; and subsequently the ambas- 
sadors were allowed to do likewise. 
As for the king's letter, after the principal nobles had met in the 
Audience Hall, Weliwita Terunnanse caused it to be unwrapped by 
Tibbotuwawa Terunnanse : it was then wrapped up again, and sealed 
and deposited in the treasury, covering and all. As for the books that 
had been received, they were paraded round the streets with great 
pomp in a golden litter placed on the back of a tusker with jewelled 
trappings, accompanied by the five kinds of music, after which they 
were formally dedicated. 
[Then follow the names of the priests, differing somewhat 
from the names already given.] 
NOTES. 
1. — Wilbagedara Muhandiram has recorded the names of the sixty- 
six persons who composed the mission ; they were — 
Pattepola Mohottala, three Arachchies and nine men (Jiewdyo) of 
his Lekama, and five personal attendants. 
Ellepola Mohottala, three Arachchies and seven men of his 
Lekama, and one attendant., 
Iriyagama Muhandiram, two Arachchies and five men of his 
Wasama, and one attendant. , 
Aittaliyadde Muhandiram, one Arachchi and three men of his 
Wasama, and one attendant. , 
Wilbagedara Muhandiram, two Arachchies and three men of his 
Wasama, and two attendants — a vmhuyiipurayd and a durayd. 
In addition there were three trumpeters, three performers on the 
tamhoruwa^ five on the singdrama, and two on the horanewa. 
2. — The message to the King of Siara was written in Pali by Veli- 
wita Saranaigkara Unnanse of Malwatte Yihare. There was also a 
second letter addressed to the Sanga E,aja. 
3. — At Trincomalee the ambassadors were housed in the Com- 
mander's flower garden. 
4. — The Dutch ship that conveyed them was named the " Yel Trek." 
5. — In Sumatra, the writer tells us, gold, lead, and the whetstone 
are found. 
6. — At Malacca the royal letter was deposited in a two-storied build- 
ing attached to the Fiscal's residence. 
7. — They started again in the month of Yesak, Saka 1673 ; and 
sailed past Rio and Johore, where ponamhra and minamhra 
(ambergris?) is found. " The robbers here," naively adds the writer, 
perhaps referring to the piratical Malays, " even slay people." Next 
they passed Pulu Timung, Pulu Piang, Pulu Hovu, mere rocky points 
in the sea, as well as Pahang, Kalantang, Tranganu, Patani, which 
latter produce gold, lead, and camphor ; some of them were reported 
to be inhabited by cannibals ; thence past Cambodjia to Siam. 
8. — On reaching the' harbour the captain and Kannedeniye 
Arachchi of the Padikara Muhandiram Wasama were despatched to 
