tjoji^ aSf^foj?©; thefey^o^inunieatioia; wj^h fheiCQqsf,, which*.
from the nature of the, country» must a t any rate hayeji^en cfifj-
fiqult, was byj! this inode? of; j^arfea^ • rendeise^ alxnost^ jiTOQSsib}©*
^ifyfifybfiOhv^y
^ In jadditipa j to v |h ^ t i-difllehltifis, ^ri^gxi f r9ht :the -gatjirf. J»C|
tbpf; |cpnnfeys ijan.db.4b® Qf figbfjng IPf^gfegfU by,
inhabitants,;:thee Dutch troops suffered *dreadfullyj,frpm„tj^e-
effeots of jthe <<;Umate^ .wiich#
iftgly, unwholesome to/Daropeans.
eoyos theiwhole.; faceo p f ,3 th® j ?C*?$ftti5[> d^t^rally
atmosphere '.moist, and damp ; and that, sue?jqqedesh
the intense , heat - of 4be day* Finch, w a ^ i^ t j diminished
by any sea breezes, overpoweredthe c^^tifut^miigyfn^i d^ose,
who had for years been . settled on the f coast. ThCy^g|ys method
by which the Dutch could have obviated the c^ast^rs „ar,isr ,
ing from -the climate, would .have,;b^hylhf J S if t^W ^ h h ^ l
natiye troops, as. we^ dip; the^ SsepOys i»b |pjjgjj.-
sure, their own misconduct had rendered hnPoss^Wei'' . -^h6
lanes.©,ofj the inland part^,
mogntainous countries* are ^xgeetiingly a rc h e d .,to ’Jh^jr native
fetid,.. and have a proportionable antipathy: to.g .foreign yoke.
This attachment, originating in the . nature pf! fhe country,,
supplies the place of. all other ties ;.>and though/they ’tyave not
the smallest idea of political freedom, 1 yetr.-ras their., princes
seldom violate their customs ,or: the liberty of their persons, they
cherish with enthusiasm the pride of immemorial independence,
maintain the most inviolable attachment to their native Kings,
and would sooner die than swerve from their,, allegiance, on
bear arms against them. The behaviour- of the, foreign nations»,
which have successively invaded their island, has tended greatly
<n—« Hr
I g M * Porfgguese
and Dutch'bave/|p2ey,a^©£ ted,them. agahist;/all Europeans,
'■that itt'Wdb require much tp^in^l^fe reconcile tfheir minds so far
a s’ that any^efg^en^j^aT}, ^m fed ed rih -themy
:> Alfe these cau&es^confoined fi^toate”*the4 attempts' o f/th e
-Dutch- atf*ifth|0aingt>af sgttl^aient^itr /|h e me 'island ;
and the difficulties, whmhflbsy, qnpountered .made the(m affect
^os-d^pis^i^th^jadyantagesrjwhidi £they attairtv-They
^pretended (fo nmM ^upani; the >iirte|j^ as, an- object-pf. np golfe-
Sequencei;-1 af^poor and barren conntiy. rendered ‘’equally .'^useless
b y the badness,,©f ^it§ jsoifv, aqd the - unhealthiffiss mjfiits‘^clhriate.
Jiiieh 4s>|iigc!i||gripybn,: - wfeefe |e$^er my
given of it b y .the Dutch settlers ; buff my c#rij observation iris
.since convineebuhe," that either 'jtlwfy, were .very little -acquainted
with the %Guntry, '»or that they- wqre^ that any
other European, power should1 reap- those-’advantages'which,
their o^n short-sighted policy had* made them neglect.
, ' But'notwithstanding, .the, Dutch-seem to'^have been convinced
ithat* it was- impracticable to, ,‘retain ,ridsse^ifehv o f/th e /- interior,
yet their own $m||€tfnfduct had, sown so mauy^Sfeeds^of . jealousy
»between them and tke-Candians, that,they 'were’^ftfen .compelled-
to /haves 1 recourse itd$ arms. Tire feat great war'^Mfch they^esff-
Wed' on with the natives.} was- about thfe'jmidd!eftof. fe^fecqntiiry.
In 111TiS4,t they penetrated into the heakt of the Klhg’# jffoiqi-
jQidris,.-?and made themselves masters^of Candy1. Their ’’stiSeeess,,
howCwier, ended as on former! occasions. After bavifrg ^s»6i?- 1
eneed great hardships from the climate, and the activity of
the natives, who continually ^.intercepted,1'1' their ^ i t t o p .and.
»eommunifeations #ith the ;*sea-coast;’ they,'were at fest obliged
to evacuate the- capital. Their disasters,tdidSot, hdwever, .end