oüÜrly; chosën, as thisi ist-th$'royal cdfcmn ahd. except) m business
bekmging » to, tbe. kingy isi itevey- altawedr; töc.be- em- •
pfdyèd. . ?••■■■■ <av: I
These stated* periods qfr; aont ributtore,:,: haweyen, Ure, not)I the
êjéïy extortions praetisedf on tbe Gandian subjects. £hë: WO~
nebUfo which;the. king;» -officers understand that stay w& m
pês^ssedr of ^v^abtesm; the: .•sig^ai^iw demanding acsh#e;fof;
the royal- treasury; and artiste arq frequently employed; by tfcb
Ming tb mabe him amps and différent works in silver-. jÉgjÉÉM
all a t their own expènc'ë. -
As. th e government of; Candy isrUotapletely despotic; iby^y
subject is of; course, ready at: the cadi! öfrthe- spyereagn.;: d p i as,
fear of the Europeans keeps ham continually on th e: 'alert,, a l
the CandianSare heM obliged toi take arms r n t b p ^ t ^ t t e f
tion at his command. Ilis regular troops, as, be calk them,
may consist. of about twenty thousand men. I was led t© form
this computation from the. circumstance that an armyrej of
nearly that number- of his regular troops, met; oupr.einh&^y
near- Sittivaeea, and continued within three- miles, ofiLuS; during
thé time we remained in the country. . iSo. great was.
.hia-jöaloüsy. of Europeans, that, I; am copvinced his
;ficibftt-force- was on this occasion assembled in our neighbour-
h§bd; dud-' besides this regular-army, large bodies* of
lifia # the country lay around us in exery dimfcion-
According'to the universal usages of? despots, who. date - hot
venture to trast their <mi Suhgeqts, the king always kegp§
about his p è ^ i a body of. Malabars, Malays;-an.dl others, who*
am not his own natural subjects, bat many of them: runaways
fréSto the Dutch. As these, troops are. entirely,- unconnected;
witli the natives, -and» depend, solely on favour fos? pDOteëtiou,
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bMefbfmhdt,; ”hë piâtfes ^his coHfidehce in :lhem, and
'ëbîplbÿs-1 theta afc liisuèBhsfânt®®idy '^guafrd.
1 !tfKëfè ^Malajtë %iMb' Màlk'BâftP'iRrifce' <rra$9$ é ^ t f r VvKb iir 1:805
fe fo b f " l a t f e ck è â .ourlgârnisïi h t'C h u d ^ ’ tfrid bfeîng a ll in-
tbxlchtdcl 'w itlr^m m lbd dii the’ Cabdiaiis!,%Ho ’ witKMÎt th’ém
■iroüld' Jri'èVbi,!°h^%''{-îbdéb -'âblèf 'fS>sfedbce>' Majdtct)aW e ^m ^ e
tfiè^e^fty ëf 1ïdHièjHdèrM| ' ïhb^jMlaëfô' ^:
‘ ‘Besides this.cbrpsM^|f^eignfigurted^li^hp<do fefpetùalJduty
f|>alkéëy'abblttt ëigM^lffl^âMf'of bis ^régulai troops and
^S®9rttBèr Ùf^0J&'ÇdoBïéfl ;æMV '^ |) t “^uiWfèd^ta %hë?'nëigWSta,è'
Iroc^rSÉufr Id 'bëaSsétal^ëâa't^ ^t^ta^^smbti^'. ° Thèse -trobpÿ,
ïhdflgh Called 'feghlVfs; have^nèlïhër arms dor- fcldàtns ttS’!- diit.iA
tie thêta tb that’ apælltraoffi The^i3*wear'! What ; f-
raibslj‘à n d ' l ^ tesjfttaf Swêa^bns.'thëy 'èëh
ÿRPétfrë^ 'éb’ ^tlfâ't JWhèYi*^sétt?mb^ ‘thejl ‘jjfbsbnfc^ nÿéfèfy a igrhli
pe or 'tàitëraémàlionk.' 'l’Héir 'arnîdur :ià' alfogèth^
^ afflMèy^ature^^ ^eë,fs, takes, sÿ'ô'fdsj dà¥gètf|PIbowk atüd iâp+,
roi^, ^màrchiàcksf ‘MW, p^ïïktjs/^' ffibdi§ïïdJféfSeëâe%'
ând bayffinefs > ail pffi^s of 'armour, sà%, 'wërê
Vêry ‘ bad orner, ‘ànd 'their wuQlé 'aeccitdrétaéîits "and appéarahêë
ndlcMôtïs.
•’ W ' f o i e b i lle^;dèpt -'dfi 3|làffticuîàf iéèà^
bîoîis, tÉ!|%3^ i 1a^. ; A5^e#''^)ây and âô!^
^ ften cè ëbnmsts^W'a7smâftJalîBwàbdë ''rTCe,làri3 vsalt, a bfëéè
bf'cibthf%nhualiy îheffivfêf,ct a ^ : ab'ëkètaftibn'ffOtai-tâSh^
and"ali orner services^ khd ‘à : Smàllpiêbè' *0f 'gfhühdt'fo: cultivate
foi^ti®^ 'nialn^ànéëï*Whèft^abj^ bf ul ; h è ^ M a ¥ f e lgüîîty
I f a 'h l p e l u f ‘‘W ahÿ 'bthei' bfi&iffi i8Wdt^!^théir Usbàl
punislime^ is lXio ^ b iy c d iïi^ ^ l tb^,J lë^J°kd p1fe:ce>°of: hill, b i
ctear ‘ tbè 'cHâlit^,' ;-4ài : Thïi ibiglit séëhi k. ‘fëkV
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