Oaths to be taken by the Officers of the Dutch Government of Java
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*LACKING* Listed in H. H. Wilson's Catalogue of the Mackenzie Collection in 1828, however it was no longer found with the Translations series when it was catalogued in 1915. Believed to contain forms somewhat similar to those in Mackenzie Private 5.4, 6, 12, 30.
Report on the repair of the dams in Mullenawe, on Ceylon
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(a) Kolombo [= Colombo] 24 July 1789.Letter in Dutch from P Foenander to Willem Jacob van de Graaff, Governor of Ceylon. Reports in detail on the possibility and advisability of repairing certain irrigation dams at Molleriawe. (b) English translation of the preceding.
Account of the Manner of Hunting & Catching Elephants on the Island of Ceylon
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Colombo, 5 April 1809. Account of the Manner of Hunting & Catching Elephants on the Island of Ceylon. In an Extract of a letter from Captain Colebrooke to a friend in England. A detailed description of the usual process, the elephants being driven into a keddah or corral (here spelt Kraal ...