with 4 s.OKts qf by Tajphsyection' of land where
ijpfgr rua% in to tb e ^ ^ l ^ T h i s . is almost the only placewh&tp1'
th§ high surf and rocky shore on this coast .permits ship-boats
of,,: tht^iEur!opean e<ii}stfu^|,i<4i^to( iand. w «
-% This place \vasZ s ig a 4 l^ ^ by-. a.shocking catastrophe which
tojqk ^place hpre in .17^. A boat from his -Majesty’s ship Or-
.phfSl having been ^ent, in here fo procure fresh provisions, .the.
saiforSi,. CQn%iing in tire .peace .which .tbpn subsisted between the
British and .Dutch governments,: came . ashore without any ap-
prehciM04A .and hegwkfo loc^c .put: for, watery a' few fowls, and
v ^ g e |^ l^ jK. ..They were a t . first.g reeeiyedy with muqh - apparent
^ ^ i ty ^ h and many promises that they shquld/be. pkiAifuliy supplied
with the, articles ..they required. „ This,; koweper; rwas only
intended, to amuse,, th em ,, while a party o ff Malays: stole, nnper-
cqiyed, .between then! and fhe- boat, and. fell^upon them unexpectedly
- Few of ,jqur men ^escaped . this shocking treachery,
which was of a. piece with the jealous; ^nd ; barbarous, policy
usually practiced by the Dutch Awards strangers who ^approached*,.
tljSff colpiiies. The Malays, „.yh^., were the. .instru-
tnents of their cruelty on this occasion, ..Were,. afj;er^a^ds.; in
dread «of .fts being,,revenged, upon them, when our trqops came
before.. Columhp. Ind^ed.dt. was! a fortunate, .thing for them
that the townw<^, taken, by capitulation, as our men were, very,
mueh. exasperated against them bpth on this account, and their
• repeated attempts to surprise ,our camp before Tfinconialee and
Colombo. a
At. Batbarec« there is a principal manufactory fqx making
cordage, jC^bJcs, . from rfhg* coca%-tree- Large quantities are
sent from henceto Cjolumbo and Point de Galle to supply the
vessels, wbicli trade to | these ports.
1 A Tew" milë'f fàifbërsï|êlj1BeàTO:t^^mlyAfiôlâî‘Kab],é' fo^pfoduë-
ing Më ’äm^ of^m different
spêetes iroriP?iffP!>"|)ëâiïlf ciy's'fefers 6 fi§plfafM®lptfie■' 1 MfflM- / # ; not
‘Uséaîfas fô'ôd- i t'Hb1 Bèhl®wTOyMferev areî1 almOsfjKîë 'AoHljff spëèiës
iîiâ?fèwtSi's^'' c/f ‘ d ^ ^ h e islhnd^fôr this puttpüse \j
Point nie Gallo, which h cöh^erfedÄTpbint14off tiT^.o.rtancê^
tlïA thMl fsfeÏ5"^ini,l’^;:w |e %®u!th bf
CÄuiffbo,'Th b^nolth' latitude. WPhédfdn&iis.nprettÿ' Âthpég,', aiiS'
h^'ge^^®wwÂfekttâchedîté^1trdt^8llî,^âfe®drtt^feral^fedSï-sts
of Wo ‘m^r^e^^oe^anièf'î'of ’èiwôpèfehïspmalptïW^oÎHpai^t'bf
af™lèiy4,'âiiu n 'battÉioîfèf nati’/é'Atrbëps'n*' It BScbmtnarfdeb^bf
tlïe hext^^mor1 fra.W officerbftêr thÉ^SveriTOts 'nff’CétliÂnb® and
TrîhcomaMf?^1 It whk* tiaken iby teeTDhtch5from^t^|^P|i|^i®|#l
in iTO9;:,,4®â rêmâmld^nn- the Sffîreusta teSrii whîôh itvtb^vslp|^plf
wheh* itdras^lfrejatiy Wtar|e#Hmävihg thpefe; aMifibnal
■f^ÉtÂB!,'ëreeièdp-hnd; a wall carried round the city.
The harbour if sp^fou^}fapaificuläriy th e • ©UT^feVdidgi -The
inheë'hâfbbur ^^seMr^dvirihg^ àî great’ part- or^ffieMye^im^änd
al^pNïp^ 'eix^pVw ’âiisoütlP-^'eJsf wihd ; ibüHWitThas! dh^jîd^d'dvân-
ta g ^ l uiàfwinilP^fremffâ?^ particular JquWter ar.e. srèquisÿè^to' carry
yësêels!*OTÏt. At the1 eh trance, wM'cWô^naffrbwi^e'kî^ï Ïargejïdck
with a small wbrlc biPtf. Thé’ éuTrouhding^shôrê ispfbclçy^and
fûirdf'sh'oâlf dangerous to stl#hgërs'.;' ' ; Ships outward, bound frdm
Europe gOTèfally^eortie 'i^f^ighfcdbf^^hefrMrst^dand- a t Doddre-'
Deadf flid%mitherri pfoniontbry %f Ceyldhy > and ; make, Point db
Galle" the first '’häfhok'rV
The^pattah is extënslvè, and the houses, ' bôth:vtshërë; ähd'iri the
fort, The wholestown Mpdpufeus,
and in pihiVof tra’de' ranks ifext*^) 'G©lumbo.?«Th,e^ä®fc
and country about Galle ié;'’feïy.