8o8 A Defcripion of CEYLON. 
■ Tht church 
Mogom- 
Tht Church 
Tambam- 
me. 
The Church 
Mulipatto. 
Ourature 
the firjt 
Ijle of 
Jjfnapat- 
Two good hours from Poelepolay ftands 
the Church of Mogommale in a Wood, 
with an adjacent Houfe, both well built j 
the School has about 450 Children, and 
the Church 500 Auditors. 
The Church T ambamme is the largeft 
and bell feated in the whole Province. 
The School has 500 Children, and the 
Church 900 Auditors. 
Mulipatto is the laft Church, about a 
day's Journy from Jafnapatnam^ near the 
Head of the River call'd Pajfo Seco^ or 
the Dry Pajfage-,' where we have a Pa- 
/ewiS:^ guarded by feme Soldiers. The 
Church- Houfe is provided v^ith Port- 
holes for m Defence, but the Church is 
mean and fmall. The School has no more 
than 21 5 Children, and the Church fcarce 
3 50 Auditors. 
Thus fat of Jafnapatnam, and its Pro- 
vinces, Churches and Schools. We will 
now pafs over into the adjacent Ifles, 
which are fix in number. 
The fidt of thefe iQes is Ourature, 
which has three GhOf ches, viz.. \^efmi^ 
Wdlcme and S. John^ or Ouratwre, all which 
have together about 800 School-boys, 
and i6co Auditors. This Ifle has been 
unce 
fubjed to great Floods, both before and 
in the time of the Portuguefes^ to fuch a 
degree that the People were forced to 
fave themfelves on the tops of the Trees. 
Of this we faw an Inffcance in the year ^„ i„^^^ 
1558. when a moft furious TempeH", aC' of a Flood, 
companied by a Hurrican, raifed the Wa- 
ters beyond the Shore to fuch a height, 
that it broke into the Water-Gate di 
the Caftle, throwing down every thing 
that flood in the way ^ the Tiles were all 
blown from the Houfes, the Trees tore 
up by the Roots, and unfpcakable damage 
done both to Men and Cattle. After 
the fury of the Tempeft was fomewhat 
allay 'd^ feveral Fifties were taken in the 
Church-porch, which had been carried 
along with the Water over the Cortin. 
This Ifle has plenty of Fiih and Stags : xhe Pro- 
It produces alfc a certain fmall Root dulls of 
call'd Saye, us'd by the Dyers to dye Red thk ijle, 
Clotlis. They make alfo very good But- 
ter here, and have ftore of Larks and 
fbrae S«a-gulls. 
The Ifle of Ourature and Caradim are rhe ifle 
feparated by the River, in the midft 0/ Qrt- 
wliereof lies the Fore Cays (or Harm- diva, 
hetl) of which we have fpokea before. 
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