At the audience foi taking leave, the .
round' th e1 general’s ‘.heck, and . presented him with la-|swsw^ and
an embroidered belt and scabbard. He also gave .him a i;0ng#eh
with different sorts ofepiieciiauSifet^ue^ and TIt§te*f
efen when added to ;Hie- ^presents ;*seht: to-governor' Hpr-tfryby;-
the king, were of smalt value in comparison of Hrpse hist-Caiit;'
diah-i majesty: teceiyed /from, our government. To .i^atpfBcers
who accompanied the kingwcce distributed a gold chain, taking*
and*;flne: tortoise Shells, oft little value; and tho;isoldi^$1JweK0
merely presented; with a piece to® coarse cloth, \ j Nob was. the
escort even supplied with provisions while| -at the.'Omidjan.court.;
a piece of hospitality Which wa* expected» and, whic^i^jfotjuesf
occasions it had been' usual to confers , A small; quantify r<of
rice, and paddy, of an inferior. kind, 5pth ,a few^sweetmaeafs
dealt with , a very sparing
troops; derived from Gandian hospitality, . j
The general; after taking his t final • l^ye^lj^figj^jijlifcv-Jaaiid
having obtained orders for departure, , commenced his .jscmte;.oaa>
th e 2nd of May | for the camp ,at Ruanelli, (and arrived’ th^rp
on th e 6th. Next day fre set out with his staff fqr HoUppbp»
leaving directions with colonel T o rren ^ to march, the detachment
back as. soon as the .escort- b e had carried Up biro
to Gandy were sufficiently ; refreshed from their fa^iguesu
On the tenth, of May. the whole detecl^raeut.'set off..t.oj Sit-
tivacca where they encamped that night,
11th, . Marched to Gurrawaddi.
12. Halted this day, being Sunday.
; 13th. Proceeded to Cuddavilli.
14th. Marched to Columbo, where ~the detachment, after
being: allowed a few days to refresh themselves* returned, to
Garrison duty. The five companies of the 19tb regiment, which
returned frofii this* 'sèrvice- oh* th]e 14th o f May, were ordered
to émbai’k in seven-day.4 afterwards for the coast of, Coromandel,
to*, spfÿe. against the FoTigars. On the 3dth of May they
embarked at Çpjnmbo andi{landed at Tutucore,en an4 Kilkej-rie*
from whence they marched to Palamcot,tah, $amng.h? Mattura,
Hindigul arid Trichmopolv, and served.-ip the SQuthern countries
o£t the peninspla for, eight,, months, ; whpu they returned
lay way I of Nagapafapn to Trincoinalee., 1 I :