THE ISLAND OF CEYLON, 
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tablished cotton manufactories in the northern town of the 
island, particularly at Jaffnapatam : all these were now given 
over to the dominion of the Dutch. 
In return for all these valuable acquisitions, the Dutch ac- 
knowledged the king of Candy to be the Emperor of Ceylon, 
with a long string of other sounding titles, which could only 
serve by their mockery to aggravate his mortification; and 
under these magnificent appellations they engaged, as his dutiful 
subjects, to pay him a tribute, and to send ambassadors yearly 
to his court. The most valuable condition granted to him, and 
indeed that for which he had consented to the hard terms of 
this treaty, was a stipulation on the part of the Dutch to supply 
his people with salt, free of expence, and in such a quantity as 
to equal their consumption. The tribute to be paid him was 
to consist of a certain part of the produce, or its value, of the 
ceded tracts along the coast : but this article was soon infringed 
upon, and indeed scarcely one stipulation of the treaty was ful- 
filled with good faith. 
It is evident, that by this treaty the Dutch obtained a mo- 
nopoly of all the valuable productions of the island ; and scarcely 
any thing was left for the king and his subjects, but quietly to 
assist them in availing themselves of their acquisitions. But 
it was not to be expected, that advantages obtained in such a 
manner could be permament. Such harsh and degrading terms 
naturally shocked and exasperated the Candians, and fostered 
in their breasts the most rooted and inveterate hatred to their 
oppressors. They eagerly catched at every occasion to elude 
