No. 54.— 1903.] FUNERALS OF DUTCH OFFICIALS. 119 
The Nieuwe Nederlandsch Jaarhoek^ MDCCLXVL, p. 488, 
contains an account of his funeral, of which the following is 
a translation. 
Translation. 
The gallant Governor and Director of Ceylon Lubbert 
Jan van Eck did not live long to enjoy the fruits of his 
victories, for having left Kandy on the 4th March, 1765, 
and been received with great joy in Colombo on the 10th, 
he died after an illness of ten days, and was buried there 
with princely state on the 5th of the following April. At 
sunrise the flags of all the ships and sloops lying in the 
roads waved half-mast high daily since the death of the 
Governor took place. On the Admiral's ship minute guns 
were fired from the time that the body was taken up till it 
was laid in its grave. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock all the 
bells in the fort and the city began to toll, and were after- 
wards rung 15 minutes every half hour until the ceremony 
was over. At 3 o'clock the clerks, marines, military, 
artizans, Burghers, and lascoreens took post in front of 
Government House under the usual officers, and the funeral- 
horse covered with black cloth, as also the charger of the 
late Governor, was brought within the portico of Government 
House. On both sides of the procession there marched 
twelve companies of lascoreens under the chiefs, all in 
mourning, and with a black strip of crape attached to their 
lances and standards, beating on their drums the so-called 
Sinhalese march. In advance there were four fieldpieces with 
their belongings and gunners, after which followed the 
clerks, consisting of a company of 84 strong with four drums 
hung with black cloth, the standard being provided with 
crape, as also the hats, spontoons, and belts of the officers. 
At the head was Lieutenant Johannes Barth. Teyken. [No 
doubt a relation of the Onderhoopman Teyken, who was 
present at Cramer's funeral.] The standard was carried by 
the Ensign Berghuys, and Lieutenant Hoist brought up the 
rear. After this there followed the marines under the 
