truce with them and the Duteli had reason '•tö suppose that
he also began to léök upon them With àh èye of ; distrust and
suspicion/' Thèse two rival powers therefore defetfmided to
make a ; truce without • the intervention of Raja - Singa, Accordingly
.it was agreed in the year -1645 that, the Portur
gïif&é should retain- Columbo and -the other places actuaUÿ1 in
their possession ; while the Dutch should retain Nigumbo and
their other conquests. I ^Fhe rich “Country in the th0§WJOur-
höod of Golüriibö and Nigumbo - was “ snared equally between
the contracting ‘parties ; the cinnamon -was1 to I bë- -ppded in
common by'the CiOgleseunderthe dominionApf both, it was
afterwards to be Shared equally as well as the expences attend-
fgff *ft;r This agreeiBtent was to be pu t immediately üraforce^
■although its final confirmation was to be received from Europe:
Raja Singa was greatly exasperated at this treaty. He looked
npori the Dutch ■ as having deserted the- common cause, and
leagued with his" enemies for '-a-share of tl^^plunder.-of-his
dominions. He accordingly instigated the Cinglese and -hisf/owii
subje'ets to Tob and -destroy their plantations, which at- length
obliged thé Dutch to come to a rupture with him. rThey
seized on all his tame elephants, and took possession of a
part of his territories. > The -King dreading an alliance between
them and the Portuguese for his total destruction, at
last came to an accommodation with the Dutch, when, all prisoners
- were released, and his territories restored to him. S
In 1652 war 'again broke out between the Portuguese and
Dutch, which ' proved at first s o unfavourable for . the latter,
th at tKëyAbsb several îfofts^àaid -were on the point of being
totally driven out o f their possessions at Nigumbo, when Raja
Singa- came to their assistance with a large force,' and euabled
them to - recover -the advantage in? th a t quarter, as well as
t'o^secure" their possessions atflMdlnaraj^-and Point de Gallej
I nfhe^'folloyùng year both parties received frequent reinforce«
mebts' from India,- 'and many, 'sevferd engagements were ^fought.
The''Dutch -were gençràll^vMtèribWstl %v sea,; and in ^pne engagement
. by land' t& y l drive! the Portuguese ' forqes into ' Co-
hnhbaSrf; The dominions of -Raja! Singa dufiing, itihis tirnq were
left undisturbed, çsqêeptf onGe that' th e /Portuguese,,/ peeing no
active t mOvèménts on the part „of-yfehe ./Dutch, < topk^this ,op-
port-miity ’r(ÿf émaVchièg‘rto -, Gandy ] and plundering/ fihëj qouiij^ry*
Thfey-tdefèatedvRàja r<-jSjngafe1 troopsV b u t being taught^by ex-f
perieneepf'thêy-'âban’doned thqtequntrÿ as/seôn as-they had laid
it .'waste,'. and returned withOut/delay < to'jDolu®dï©$iii.
'T h e 1 Dutteblffineraiî Gérard 'Hul&t n@w ;agg|yÿdid h ? l d t b
guceburs s io ' his,£' eoffirfryffiei^ | and haying -imtnediately, flattaclceP
G a ltiir^ he çbrrtedi t by assault. /H e afterwards. had ,an . a u ^
èÈÔfeeof the Kingt o|'Gandy,lat which;Ràja^Siqgaî;3^1dAim. that
]te« ^ èld d ih av e half they kingdom, if ,h%tGOuM but,/extirpate
the’-Portuguesè^pTfeîDutch [général now. investedGplumbq, buÇ
after ?a -lcfhjg ^siege he was “*at,?dength compelled* ftp gjDgndp^jthe
enterprise- ’by 'the extraordinary valour p f -the Portuguese- under,
Antoniwaid Gotina. | T h d Portuguese in ^ v aip j^ ed vfi^.#Jlrucej:‘
they ialso made seveb^aftempts to detach, the King^tfrom his
•affiance witffi the^Dufehd b u t general H ul st, | ho^Jvfi£ -îpôst,
intelligent and! able man, ’ rèndêred1 all4 their*aid&^dètotjess. At
'SecOpd audience he did homage on his Knees »till the Kin<^
dësiqed .■’him t» rise, and -by -presents ^and ' civilities ’entirely
UÇoeièÉMted Raja Sm^jjto*-the interests the/Dutch.
-iyT.he general -now again^ipo^nnïeiicedf^t^eT .s^çge ©f'Columbo
b u t lïaving^âdvanced a t thq head o f , / p a r t y who were storm-.