Was too large- for anydoom- to contain, a house was built ant*
covered in for'the purpose.'^ In- the course of the evening the
governor presehted- the Moodelier-with a gold-Chairi, ’as: a tes^
timody of-- the -high ffeelil&'enteftained of-ihis ffaithfffi W e i g h t ’
conduct in our sendee. 11 J '
^rphe Moodeliers ar& ofritrimite u sejn preserving the^ohedience
of'the nat-ive*sy’ and it is extremely dortunate fhat-'thdy 'a’re upon
s ^ g o ^ d a footing with our -countrymen. -'The whole rasfojb#
Mahahdrews, like J the_ nobility -o f other conquered-xduntriies’,
hatre transferred, their pride from real power to the preservation'
Of fictitious pre-eminence, -and ajp e c ie s of scrupulous,feouf;;
and therefore it is -easy, by -paying a properhdrference - to*
those objects -whicli they mesh-value, to p ro cufe^heiy^incere
attachment and assistance.'
1 -Th® .natural disp^iifihsdef th e Ginglesebare', ;as*, I have'
ready obser^hdhmild and humane; -find their morals., e&deplSjry
th e ' promiscous intercoursejjof dhe-sexes, -far from being
ved. I t is to be lamented -however' that M H I Habmir
so dreadfully under th e influence of superstitious fears, and that
their morality is riot founded on more rational principles. I t
is to, be hoped that more attention will b e ‘ paid to their cultivation
and improvement by our eountiymeU than their former
masters, the Dutch and v the Portuguese; who, by their
own avaricious and. short-sighted policy, precluded themselves
from receiving that support from the natives which might still
have maintained them masters of Ceylon. • Many of the Cing-
Tese have indeed been converted to the Christian faith; and
«part profess to -be Roman Catholics, while others attend the
Calvinist and Lutheran worship; but scarcely- one of them un-
derstapds the fundamental principles of Christianity. I t seemed
-sufficient to their -former European^ masters',--.if they could b,e
brought to practise the. outward forms of the Christian, worship
and their apparent, « oOnMrsion- was’ therefore p u ore’ fre-
-quently to be^regarded as .r, badge..of tame. ■ submission than-a
real improvement in. religious and moral principles A zealous
effort-on the part; ;of our government to introduce our 'learning
and religion among the natives is the surest means of improving
and; consolidating our empire in the island. The- higher -
ders of the,- Cioglèse already afford a n . example of what that
•ciéty ; many of them display minds "capable
most e d it io n ,c
J“' iNiu'Wi^fcandïngi'ithe h0utch'.’lia^ë^been-^So ^Ibtfîg’1 in .p^jès^Lép
è ^ ^ § ÿ ^ |I a ^ d ^ h% lo y id ,l «the- a%|d$?mpstiqfycryauts-''"^&n
from ha-
^Ws^beat 'fe;i,their* ^^àtryuai^dÿtlieiii stu^^|a?,êifj§n to .fe ^ e
i f 7 on |a*ny v tV ^ ^ - '|th à ï '’^fte©l|m©St’||p î^ h e i^ -mas^
fetS^.aWr am -persuasT^^could %}jlqp(jh$ -toi,iae(-().ih:-
pany Ktlife t i i ^ f o p f e i ^ is ahd 'tlÉWprin-r
-cipally of a^.^pfli^ius and1 mixed^ ÿaee, tha L-Gan'' beSeveri- ^pjîër'
ivailerr ipoet^cVof Ml go’ to ‘ thé l^fcîhentl If'^hdia.
^ r l’ -'aïm|-Kâp|)y ' th ^ fe^g l^h haw^-bt’i'iV'' jG-i wt
- d inspke liny of'lÈe^hiâti'èèl wiOE^Mêh ’âri a^>§-
tion as to induce one of those people to break through this
'strong and rooted aversion to leavi then native • country. 1 M i l
Robertson, the wife of colonel David Robertson of the Malay
regiments and adjutant • general in Ceylon, employed a \ouhg
iwïomàn fe~the Hfghest ^ t ; arid 'married' head
tnan, to nurse one o f. her children. w’oman formed
fsb-great an attachment to tfcfe child, and to her mistress!,* th a t BHBBI