arrival oheté' we« found ai rack and wheel, with a sgceafc.‘variety
of other implemênts of, torture,1; which had'.b,een used forrdfe
dieting pumslunent pa cpiimnafc, parfic«|arlj<^fe^iii, fo # tllê&e
modes; of punishment, :sa, shocking to hyman nature, and.rscyal*-
harfent tp.-the feelings, df a j Briton, •were immediately abolished
by our governments *
On* the;‘pthey side of thebgrandparade standi'jfchhu@hwa®cfo
store-houses, (Or go-downs, as fhey.=are ealled ; here, Ajbf the.
bottom of the parade stands a small huildjng^rused as fheu-fe^t
major’s; office, which is only worthy
ffocumstmice that gives arvery peon, idea of a^e^§t#S%l.i)0|vtlT
ization* among- the Dutch a t - Ceylon. Whffoe general ;Stey«att
was on, his march hither from. Nigumbo, durfo|p a ithifilder
storm, a very usual occurrence dn a
weathercock on the top of this building happened; to be struck
by lightning; a circumstance which made, a ;v ery,deep-..impression
on .the minds of. the Dutch, and .was (Opaskfored- as ag
omen o f their; future, ilk-success. .
At the upper end: of the parade, the Dutch : government had
begun to; erect a church,, but it has;never bfjen >fini^ij|d-', . 'Bhe
Dutch usually attended: divine>sdrvi£et a t a. : and
spacious church in thé bfodê- tqwn,Vnbdntin mite thb
fbrt ;; and worship is, still performed
before or. after th a t, of the Dutch- anhabi-tants^ T he* march to
this church was attended with’ considerable moonyeniencer: to our
troops, in this sultry climate; on whfoh ^connk.^Kfi^pr ^fpi’th
was about, to roof in the church 1 f # lïfcdiJi a*&-
commodatfon;
The goyernment-rhouse,, which faegs/;tb é harbour, is ai very
long and capacious'building, but mpr/ffcgpjfpnjgntrljiankiielega^b
Several offices the
ment Is teaflpggfcf ifd&- ;D e i i f i lMa P } excellent .garden,; nfigimaS-iy
' intended for a ta n k -or reservoir, in th$t|yent df'fcsiege,'. for;
though -every house has'.-a;well,p l e p t i f o ! l y . w i t h water
through tlU whofoy e a y ,,.y g t.d t'|||f a brackish .quality, ahd, iuW
fit f ° ' dniik Da this-account 'the, Europeans belongiugV hath . *
thef^ci-vil and- mbit establishment, are Ibipplied with Milter
, from Springs:about a . .mile from H e fort. . I t ^is, brought by
means -;of bullocks, in - leatbeS bags;,... -called 1 ■' ■ ] .ptioMiy uagfc
a certain number .of; Wbjcii- is attached S every regiment,,3Jid
garrison in India. ■-Blae-k^fellows, gw * j M i / | L . ,M | i T i - .
ployed to fill the bags, .and drive, the bullocksvtq th e quarters,of
the.-:different Europeans: | Wiien the troops are. on a march, a. '
dafferent models- practised.| A certain ii . • .appointed
for- the purposed carry -on, gheir sh^llcfors smaller leathern
bags1 with pipes; attached to . them,. - called. b/sasfks. .. W ills
tliese tbey-jrun alongLthe-line, giying-.y-ater; to eveiy soldier wlifi
stands in need o f' it; and its. soup a s . tiigffoags'.are, apply, icy
;p1 e.nish them at the first spring o r . river theyyjqfoet byit h.
. Colombo is built more in the ' European., style,;.; jf .such ay
analogy; can aipall. lie. drawn, than any otheiEgfor.isop iy
-The interior;..of the fo rt, has also mope the appeaiance of regular
town; ;&&; lionetofThose,.rbuts,. peeniiaM io the;- natives, M j
allowed-to' be er,eUcdj.,m- it. The Dutch houses gye ail r egHlarjy
built, though-.-tewi (rf^hem, ay ^ b o v e .;v o ^ . story.' higjf.. An En-
g n s ] u r i - a n ; # s .%l sQ . t o . find all the windoy^fiere having j
glass^pasug .after vtho European nia.nri.er; iis in our othn Indian ^
.setMomeifoh Yenefia;« blinds and .shuttei'S ja e chiefly used, Tins '
proceeds probably, frofo | ^ J particifiar!r..ctrsfony.r of. the . DuU;h,'
wlw) l#evhei!e, - .as ivcll as in . Europe}, to. k e ^ ^ j r houses .dose '