79° 
A Defcripion 0/ C E Y L O N. 
Goa with 
fome (Jalc- 
ons. 
^^-^"^ our lignal Regret got int® Columbo. Mr. 
f ^"'-^ leceiv'd at the fame time Advice 
'kticw^ by a fmail Advice-boat, tiiat a new Vice- 
I'keroy roy Was arriv'd at Goa with three Galeons, 
comes to^ one Yacht, and a good Number of Land- 
" men. A Council being call'd, it was 
thought convenient to try whether thefe 
Galeons might not be furpriz'd near Mar- 
magon or Jgoada (two Caftles in the 
Bay of Goa ) At the fame time Mr. Hulfi 
came with four Ships and a good Num- 
ber of Soldiers before Berberyrij where 
having landed and join'd his Forces with 
tfie rclt the iSffo of Septemb. he foon af- 
ter made himfelf Mafter of Caleture, an 
account whereof has been given before. 
But in is time to leave Negumbo, provi- 
., dcd with a good Garifon (tirft by Major 
John van der Laan^ and afterwards by the 
Head Fador Edward Hauw ) and to go 
towards /l/ij;M^?r. In the Year \66\. { 
undertook a Journy over Land from "Jaf- 
Dijlj/Kc napatnain to Columbo^ 49 or 50 Leagues 
hctmxt fj-Q^^ Qne another, which 1 ac- 
m-a aid complifli d in feven Days. 
Ccliimbo. From Ncgumbo you travel by the way 
of Cajuti.^ to the River Chilauwy and fo 
thro the Countries of Madatfipe and Pute- 
laon^ leaving the IQe of Calpentyn to the 
left i then thro Aripou (where the Chrifti- 
ans have a Church) to Manaar, thence to 
Wannias^ the Church of Mantotte^ and 
fo to Jafnapatnam^ of which more here- 
after. We made this Obfervation in 
this journy, that no Cinnamon grows, 
Ooo.-Imfs of except on the other fide of the River 
nrjecoiin- chihiiw^ and beyond Jafnapatnam. For 
the tell, a!! thefe before-mention'd Coun- 
tries have a very fruitful Soil (except 
Cdlpcntyn^ which is fomewhat barren) ef- 
pecially about Madampe^ but are defti- 
tute of Inhabitants : The Bufflers feed- 
ing here in vail Herds, which makes me 
believe that it would afford plenty of e- 
verv thing were it well cultivated. 
We will now proceed togive you forae 
account of the Ifle oi Manaar, which 
formerly adhered to the Continent, as 
fufficiently appears by the Sand Bank, cal- 
led Mams-Br'idg. Next unto this lies 
the llle of Rammanakoycl, where is to be 
feen a rich and famous Pagode^ belonging 
to the Tcuver or Governor, who has a 
Fort on the Continent. At certain Sea- 
fons there is a Paflage with fmall Boats, 
thro fome Depths of this Adams-Bridge 
one whereof I had once occalion to pafs 
my felf. 
The faidlOewas reduced by the Ho/- 
landers^ 1658. in the following manner, 
by Mr. Rjiklof van Corns. The Ponugue- 
fts had made Entrenchments all along the 
Shore, which were defended by 1000 '^he j^t of 
chofen Men and 12 Frigates, to hinder ^^"^^^ 
the Approach of our Boats. Our great ji^outch. 
Ships were order'd to advance as near as 
they could, under favour of which our 
Boats landed the Men. Serjeant Hemy 
van Wei (fince a Lieutenant) was the 
firfl who fet foot on (hore and being 
bravely follow'd by the reit, were as 
courageoufly receiv'd by the Portuguefes^ 
who did all that Men could do to fecond 
their Comrades*, but our Cannon from 
the Ships, together with our fmall Arms, 
made fuch a Havock among them, that 
they were forc'd to quit their Entrench- 
ments. Here it was that Antonio Amiral 
de Afenez^eSy the Portuguefe General, loft 
his Life by a Cannon-Bullet, and Anthonio 
Mendts d' Arangie^ a famous Soldier, was 
mortally wounded, with many other 
brave Officers. 
On our fide we loft an Enfign, and be- 
fore our Landing (when the Long-boat 
of the Ship MiWew was taken) the brave 
Lieutenant Block^ which we return'd 'em 
with full meafure j all their Frigates, as 
they palTed by our Squadron, being either 
funk or taken, with a great Slaughter of 
their Men. Major John van der Laan (tho 
he had a heavy Fall before our Landing, 
being a very large and fat Perfon) did ne- 
verthelefs behave himfelf upon this Oc- 
calion with incredible Bravery, breaking 
thro the thickeft of the Ranks of the E- 
nemy, whereby he made good the Title 
beftow'd upon him long before, of being 
ths Tenor of the Portuguefes. 
After this defeat, the Portuguefes not J^orf^gue- 
thinking themfelves fecure in the Fort ^^^f 
Manaar^ retir'd over the Water to Jaf- Manaar« 
napatnam^ leaving only Andrew Fillofd 
with a very moderate Force in the Caftle 
of S. George. They would not have ef- 
caped our Hands at fo cheap a rate, had 
we not been ftop'd by the great Rains 
and Tempefts. 
The lid Andrew Villofa being deferted s. George 
by moft of his Men, was oblig'd to fur- f'^^r^'^^fe'^' 
render the Caftle of St. George upon rea- 
fonable Terms. We took about 2co Pri- 
foners, both £Mroj7e^««f and Negroes, and 
among them a Caffer (or African Negro) 
who pretending to be a Captain, was fo 
ftubborn, that he would not take up his 
Armsorarife from the Ground (as he 
was commanded to do) without a good 
Baftinado. 
The i4cth of Fehr. I preach'd the 
Thankfgiving-Sermon in the great Church 
upon the Text of i Sam. 7. 7, for the 
moft fortunate Reduction of this Ifle, 
whereof our General might fay with Ca- 
