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giving over any of them to him, although they had bound 
themselves by treaty to hand over some of them. They keep 
them as security for the debt and take the cinnamon as part 
of the interest. 
"One can easily have dealings with the king from Battecalo, 
as the city of Kandy where he lives is almost in the middle 
of the island, two days' journey from Battecalo and Colombo. 
The maps which show otherwise are not correct. 
" Close to Kandy, on the side of Battecalo, there is a 
fine cinnamon jungle, which neither the Portuguese nor the 
Dutch have ever possessed, partly because it is too close to the 
king's dominions and partly because they had not made 
much effort in that direction, as the west coast yields more 
than can be used by the whole world. This king who is not 
very rich, as all what his land produces is taken from him 
without payment, would gladly get a merchant who would 
buy this jungle. And this was a good opportunity for the 
French to get the cinnamon trade, but the Hollanders now 
have the monopoly thereof and take it all away from Ceylon. 
But the great expenses they incur in this island have taught 
them to seek still other sources of revenue." 
De Faye arrived in Surat on the 10th March, 1669, and met 
Caron, who complained that his dismissal of some of the 
Company's ofl&cers had been cancelled by the authorities in 
Madagascar. On the 12th Caron received De Faye in great 
state, and they were entertained to a sumptuous feast in the 
house of a Moor of Surat. An illustration is given of the 
reception. De Faye afterwards called on the English 
President Hendrik Oxinden, and was some days afterwards 
visited by the Dutch Commandeur. 
Caron soon after wanted to know from De Faye what he 
had written about him to Paris, when certain letters were 
sent to him through Mr. Joubert, full of complaints about 
Caron's doings. Caron was much agitated in mind on read- 
ing these, but De Faye to calm him said that he had not 
written the letters, and wrote a letter to the Company in 
favour of Caron. 
