No. 55* — 1904] RAJA SINHA II. AND THE DUTCH. 211 
On May 15 there were forwarded to the King a number 
of articles that had been sent from Batavia to please him, 
namely, a surgeon's medicine chest, with various curious 
instruments and costly medicines, as also two large curious 
hats and a bagpipe.^^^ 
On August 6 Raja Sinha wrote^^^ from Badulla to 
Governor Van Kittenstein, acknowledging the arrival of the 
presents, which he had not yet deigned to look at, and 
<3ontinuing thus : " I brought up a hawk with great love 
and tenderness, and taking him with me one day to the 
chase I gave him wings, and he disappeared for ever. I 
think it reasonable that I should write to you about these 
things that are to my taste, and when you are informed of 
them you are bound to give effect to my wishes. If it should 
be, therefore, in your power to procure for me some good 
hawks, as well as other birds of prey that hunt well, and 
other matters pertaining to the chase, please to send them as 
presents to me." ^63 
On September 27 Van Kittenstein wrote to inform the King 
of the death of Kieft, begging His Majesty to send to him 
the goods left in Kandy by the deceased commissary. From 
the Dutch Governor's letter it also appears that the Portu- 
guese envoy Dom Jeronymo de Azevedo^^^ had written to His 
Majesty, who had replied, and had then sent the corres- 
pondence to Van Kittenstein. The latter thought it very 
strange that the Portuguese General should have permitted 
the envoy to write to His Majesty on affairs of State, and 
trusted that it had occurred through sheer pride and 
arrogance. From the same letter it also appears that it 
greatly displeased Raja Si^ha that the Portuguese General 
should continue to style himself "King of Malvana,"265 
although he had no right thereto. His Excellency also 
thanked the King for the favour that he displayed towards the 
Dutch, assuring him that all their efforts were directed towards 
maintaining the contract made with Westerwolt, stipulating 
that His Majesty should endeavour to defray the expenses of 
the Dutch with the commodities produced in his country .^^^ 
