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appertaining thereto, the country from there, (that is to say) 
Kalpitiya and the places appertaining thereto ; Kolamba 
Bisava, Gain Korale, Matara Disava, PuHyanduva, Triku« 
namale, with the places appertaining thereto * 
''Third Article. — Moreover, all the sea board round the 
Island not held by the Company before the war is to be 
given over to the above-named Company, to 
wit, on the West from Kammala to the furthest limit of the 
Yapa Pattanama Government, on the east from Yapa 
Pattanama to the Walagiya-ganga f ; this coast line thus given 
up is a distance of one Sinhalese gawwa, more or less, inland, 
provided (however) that the demarcation (of the boundary) 
may be suitably carried out according to the rivers and 
mountains that fall (into line). 
" Fifth Article. — On the other hand, the Company 
recognizes the Supreme Government (of His Majesty) as the 
Sovereign and independent Lord Paramount of the other 
districts of this Island of Lanka." 
In accordance with the above Treaty the boundary of the 
seaboard mentioned in the third article appears to have been 
defined by a surveying compass, and the Compass road then 
opened on the west coast still exists under the name Kompas- 
pdra from Kammala northwards, marking the line of separa- 
tion between the districts governed by the Roman-Dutch Law 
and those where the Kandyan Law prevails. 
IV. 
The Proclamation of February 11, 1815, it will be seen, 
mentions by name only a part of the Kandyan Provinces, . 
equivalent in the main to the modern districts of Ratnapura 
* Yapapattanama — Jaffnapatam, or Jaffna. 
Hettikulapattuwa = Chettikulam. 
Mannarama = Mannar. 
Kolamba Disawa — Colombo. 
Galu Korale = Galle. 
Puliyanduwa = Puliyantivu, or Batticaloa. 
Trikunamale = Trincomalee. 
t This is very probably the Karadi Aru of the Trincomalee District. 
Both names mean the Bear River. 
