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CEYLON. 
those proposed by the Embassador were not acceded to by the 
Candian Court, which offered others on its part. These not being 
admissible, the General demanded his audience of leave, and set out 
on his return in the end of April. A copy of the treaty which he 
was directed to offer, is given in the Appendix. 
During two subsequent years, various overtures were made by 
Governor North to the Candian Court, for agreeing upon terms of 
amity and alliance ; but they were either disdainfully rejected, or 
answered by counter proposals, of such a nature that they could not 
for a moment be attended to. 
On February 3d, 180^, an embassy arrived at Columbo from the 
King, with the second Adigaar, though only in his quality of Des- 
save. He attempted, in a secret conference, to renew the propo- 
sitions formerly made by his uncle, the first Adigaar, and made 
complaints of the King, to which the Governor refused to listen. 
The embassy then demanded the cession of three small islands, 
which had been granted by the Dutch treaty, with the right of em- 
ploying ten vessels in a free commerce. The Governor treated this 
demand as wholly impertinent ; and, as it was made an essential pre- 
liminary to a new treaty, an end was put to the discussion. The 
Deputies then desired that another embassy might be sent from the 
Governor to Candy ; which was refused. On the next day the se- 
cond Adigaar had a conference with Mr. Boy d, in which he repeated 
some of his proposals, but without effect ; and he was dismissed 
without the presents to which he was entitled as second Adigaar, 
he having chosen to wave his dignity, and to appear only as a 
Dessave. 
The first Adigaar, now convinced that his machinations for ob- 
