afford Sb ntüch' eökïfèrt 4o ' the travètiér,-' prékéhtëd sè many
fears teF th ë ötdrCh '<8¥'''-ah tómyS ■ fehd/öppOilfofiMlès tö ahnby iï»
ï^ör. twenty niiléS th l reted1 m&y fee ebhSidèrê’d ? a^iifeè 'ëötityitied
defile, capable öf being easily defended -against a - mUèh» superior
■forfe^ i t wu^ftteiisheted fey twW; feröad, dëé|»v üftd fdpïd ■iSyêfis1,
.•and seVerdl Smaller -èneS, -besides r&vihfes1 tyhdtëfe fefidgJsChad beeft,
fefokèn döwrii Each siaé-of- tfee path thïtnigh wifidh’üiif army-
ïftarched WaS covered %ith thick woods and j nngle, from. whéiïeè
the epéthy had an opportunity óf destroying: their ‘tólVetsaries
witfiom even heilig sëen themselves. In sneb^a'SsitUéttïdn fgferieL
ral S te u r t' èi^fy moment e^peöted tóf-attafcki’i aild ti'üs Mi
feèedmgly surprised, -fts iVéfe all the ëffiëêfig, a;t > feêft^ ^iffefed
topasS throhgh süch a strong -arid difficult Cbiffitry- ^HfSbut-thé
«mallest- opposition. ISTdthirigfdan give 4 naórè ’ötriMng id^a. bf
the degraded state to which the Dutch rhiliMy ëstahUshmèrflS
a t JCèylon .wefié rechtéed, than tltölf suÉbfii^ aii ëflëfHy' to ödi
yaftce--tiiflüfoiestëd in such CirehftSstances. Neïthef htaiït of Skill
o f ptudencé oh the part- 6f 'ïllé* o®8è*sf ^lior ^ftnt (dfidisclplifie
d n t h a t d f ’ the 'sbldiefs, 'ëêuld have produced sifcb/dkgr a&éi
ful effect's. I t is only to the total è&thi£tioiï'Wf public Spirit* of
e-vcry ëentfm'ei¥f r6f ndtiófial honour, that such conduct can -fee-
attributed. A thfrst "Öf gatin and of pïvcahï bifibkaseiit appears
to have s^arlfewed1 up* efeèrjC ö th éf Is&llnig :!0|e ?fe^ëésMshf‘ the
Dutchmen; drife this i^‘a striking Vrarniftg to dficommércM' n&*-
tio||s tö* be" Careful that those ’seritfMéhts,^ tfhiêh ehga|e1*rlhefn to
éxlèl^d' tfeeif d o k iin io ^ do riofê1 •
they lean;, fee retained aftd!-defrnde®: ;
I f théif unmolested’ march 'I^ÖÉhd ! hftaiik58udMle,viEhe ciM'
ëtimstahdes' which foÏÏbwèd ktii?J/mÓrfewi^MlpÉfeeé» mir i BritisH
soldiers.' Thé ‘ first obstacle 'whieh dpjJbfecd^ itself; to general
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