every thing,Regarding the island, I .have, subjoined,, a descrip-
tjon;.^&>the, »different ~. roads^. which, pass throughout, as tftey
were .ascertained by a survey »'very lately made.Jjy the Post--
master general t of Ceylon, JOURNAL
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COURT OF CANDY,
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G O V ER N O R NORTH hayihg-:„-de%ernimed on sending an cm-
bassy’do thfe iKing^-bfofeandy., r both with an intention to ‘keep up a
-friendly*intercourse with that monarch, and 'also rwith, a view5- to
poijtfckl^dbjgfel oft- importance general1 Macdowal; i the, jom -
masMef ift ^ehJMf the jjfor.cesf^jon the island, who'sC Well {known
abiMtyfand'coneiliatoryiSanners rendered him." every way^worthy
of 'being selected! on thiA- occasion, was a p p o in te d ^ undertake
the' "commission. >
t,.v As it wa^intended' that this, embassy'should be as splendid as
possible^ arid should' make a^strong impression on th% minds, of
the Cindians;'?by far'iexeeedibgTanyvthiug-'.of the kindpwbich {had
hitherto been seen> on the island,,, the governor^ previous to its
d e p a rth ^ fiom Columbo, sent his private secf$$fj^!Mr. Roydi
to* the^-feorders of our -territory a t Sitfi?aci^»-' there to. meet
With the Adigarand the other ministers’of his Cainfian Majesty
in fdrefetf to make with them-»..the necessary arrangements Tor
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