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JOURNAL 
OP 
THE EMBASSY 
TO THE 
COURT OF CANDY, . 
Ill 1800. 
OOVERNOR NORTH having determined on sending an em- 
bassy to the King of Candy, both with an intention to keep up a 
friendly intercourse with that monarch, and also with a view to 
political objects of importance, general Macdowal, the com- 
mander in chief of the forces on the island, whose well known 
ability and conciliatory manners rendered him every way worthy 
of being selected on this occasion, was appointed to undertake 
the commission. 
As it was intended that this embassy should be as splendid as 
possible, and should make a strong impression on the minds of 
the Candians, by far exceeding any thing of the kind which had 
hitherto been seen on the island, the governor, previous to its 
departure from Columbo, sent his private secretary, Mr. Boyd, 
to the borders of our territory at Sittivacca, there to meet 
with the Adigar and the other ministers of his Candian Majesty, 
in order to make with them the necessary arrangements for 
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