I remain, Sirs, etc., (Signed) GERRIT DE HEERE.
[2] "Want, de keuse van zyne begraafplaats mocht van nederigheid getuigen--zoolang de oud Gouverneur-Generaal onbegraven was had hy zekere rol te spelen, en zelf had Zwaardecroon maatregelen genomen, op dat ook zyne laatste verschyning onder de levenden de compagnie waardig mocht wesen, die hy gediend had."--De Haan, De Portugeesche Buitenkerk, p. 40.
[3] Van Rhede van der Kloot, De Gouverneurs-Generaal en Commissarissen-Generaal van Nederlandsch-Indië, 1610-1888.
[5] These figures at the end of paragraphs refer to the marginal remarks by way of reply made by the Governor Gerrit de Heer in the original MS. of the Memoir, and which for convenience have been placed at the end of this volume. See p. 96.
[6] Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede of Drakestein, Lord of Mydrecht, High Commissioner to Bengal, Coromandel, Ceylon, &c., from 1684-1691. For a fuller account of him, see Report on the Dutch Records, p. 39.
[8] Thomas van Rhee, Governor of Ceylon, 1693 to 1695.
[9] The old plural of opperkoopman, upper merchant, the highest grade in the Company's Civil Service.
[13] Probably bullock carts, from Portuguese boi, an ox. Compare boiada, a herd of oxen.
[14] Palm leaves dressed for thatching or matting, from the Malay kajang, palm leaves.
[16] These figures are taken from the original MS. It is difficult to explain the discrepancy in the total.
[17] This is the pure Arabic word, from which the word Shroff in our local vocabulary is derived.
[20] A variation in spelling of chicos. See p. 21.
[21] Commandeur Floris Blom died at Jaffna on July 3, 1694, and is buried inside the church.
[23] An irrigation headman in the Northern and Southern Province.
[24] Probably from kaiya, a party of workman doing work without wages for common advantage.
[25] A corruption of the Tamil word pattankatti. The word is applied to certain natives in authority at the pearl fisheries.
[27] From Tamil tarahu, brokerage. Here applied apparently to the person employed in the transaction.
[28] The juice of the palmyra fruit dried into cakes.
[34] Bananas: the word is in use in Java.
[36] This has been translated into English, and forms an Appendix to the Memoir of Governor Ryckloff van Goens, junior, to be had at the Government Record Office, Colombo.