Island Wf' Möma&f,
exactions. Two companies of the nineteenth were bppsediafehy
sent foem i ^ ig ö iü b b a tQ r assistance g©& Msfjo^ ;Ifadd* 'the'. èpmé.
mdjtidfènfc, of -fehe-) plséSg; daat means, Iweifd found to - #js^ïjrs|s them^
before:? .theodsrifeai ;q£ r tMs**. ^diadorceraenC- $ These 'tabpaM.the
twe^eenapaniès btf 'fhe.'tafaeteeMhqwbdch first; .passedfeomJSda**-
naapi tó TrifKQÖaake hy huuLb T h ey sd o ss^ i Ihb. r^rrftw?; thu^nftfr
which*. I sas? hm t-hqt&L lObterYed;: ^epgraMs; Masoaar;, f n ^ r fjCgylpia,>
and;:theBéé; üiavêrsEsh thë> courtly*rtol?Jafèapatam apdi
ifih1rrfajfrii.in# i riQTfTtntn <rf'rtents^-and;',.wisthi-p. tsstj?
ply . óf rpravkipnsp th^e> |i^s€^ej€d,,;ik)'fcwit:bs4ftiidïPg:f>|be, rainy,
seasoh: .k|do nendebeds othe i -roads'; almost impassable* I They, however,
surmounted evéty difficulty, and, s c a r e d litte^rQm. faÖgu|^
| ,^h^iff;tteö3^raary aaaohg;/thê natives,; though ia
general repressed, with ease^r aa-e.more fiÉSpient itim x nlaght; bq?
ekpèeted from--the. ü t success which,always, attendsthem*. Jfefc
Njgonlbo aöd Matura similar; iusurrections to* tlias© a t Manaar^
and froni the-isamèhcauaesy took p l a c e t and th®y were in th e
siiïnr TTgmmRr sphRdtty ■ quelled by the tamvai of detachments e>£
the niaaeteenfli- segmient. :Captain Vincent,, of that re^ment,.
wh© commanded a t Nigumbo, was attacked -by; jfc; Iwgevfeady Q$
tte;natives, betongin^ to o®: settlements, on his ;way. to .that
fdrfc from, Gólombo, iaccompanied with a small party of Malay
sóldfcrk? but he maintained a, post which he had taken, .with
ve»y gteal iatfllity, fill a body of Europeans arrived to his as**
sistance. Tftfe sera»: exactions* of the. rlXidchy.yaodi fthö- little-
attention, they paid to the. customs or prejudices of'fche natives*:
s e em ta h a v e -e^citjed this, sp irit.o f discontent and insurrection,
a-megg them;: b u t a; djflerisnfc. mode of treatment,, a, mild*. ÉXÉk
a t the same time steady enfhrcem^it rof th e /laws,.-wilh it is tor
he I hoped, speedily p u t an. end to., dll. such commotions#.
p f /Ceylon f -from,, rManaar, • wp
hnd the couiitry sand^V ivild/ijand -barren; actually j^e^fatiite} jq»^“
accommodation and provisions* ^ ||e , woods,’are ^b ipfesbfd, ityith
v h £4i 'dhat if i% icktfeittbly ^i^aepbs.ho ?£fayel along the
yp^SV-hpjpe [Without fa .’iprpper gn^rd.’. Tlrp jt)$v#l§r .mo, lgpr
g,ep; ;f>brgeivest fffgsg .high., erstoepe^cwhiGia ^ s^ s ifiy the, f ^ d h -
#£§?fe hx ?
tract d f low flat >sand;, but farther j jnland theip(Jarg((Tice *an^
jpaddy-fields <wifh .some, .sqattbfed,houses. f > Thi^ jappearanpei =60n-
ffeinups about-rthirty,, milesflfo' the sonthwAr4ohl Manaar, ,,whpp
f h i' fwopd-and*'juggle agaiif «bogiavt» «apsproafih ;f%,theyphpi^„ < and
^er.yhj^e, surface pf ^Ih^jQ^nfry, , till :at,
;eiei>a.ippft y|9odsrtdiew ther^ipmencemfnt ,of. rfhe disfri^ of j£fir
ghffll?p«>: At o^fantotte, npan Manaar, *ti?ere ,@1$] spnxe remain
tp th a y ^ c S ^ i-ith ^ ^ a rii
f d hay^rrheenab^lt‘iby w liplpny; qf ^that harmle|s:7peeple ,wl|p
dppfc Sb^fehe^ev !^he,],ye#igeSf rof ^embairkmeiifcjgf ^c, tantr
and a number of b ri^ . i?uins ^illfj^pMijte. j0
.?v^hputritw ^ e r miles inw a rd
pillage so^Arippp, w iiffe y ifig fe rs wh®
'the ipescrl fish§ry}rre^de 'dtiring -the ‘-sea,son' ,wh@n;)-it , is
« c a r f i e d ^ h a y e j ^ n i l t hp®e f®r itheir.a4GprmpOda|^on :a
*hQulti%, «pr ^tone vbarraphs;,, .jwhieh.also d^M ailefiffth e^ e^p tlo s
© m S 9 g ( t ^ [ p e a f l ^ h e ^ % d e t a ^ ^
r f ip p rith e ,.g a r ris o n 3 d a n a a r«'# r .C^terrfjo*
W p^rjj[0 |ertfhanfe;f a»d ipeyS^
d^iedatiepSi. ?^r^f «.aisetfoundawcesasafy; to (enferee
ih e .^ o rd e i^ f ,^heKrg§rdleaisp;
intend ithisj d ^ r tm e n t . ^ j ^ - s t e f f ^hdivaiflet^eQe/nar^-iaf,
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