Indian Antiquary Vol 51

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 119

MAY, 1922]
MISCELLANEA
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First, es concerning the exercise of his religion. Wee have used it with such secrecy that there is none to this time knowes that we professe any, yea or no. Secondly, to this houre no accompts calculated or passed. Thirdly, orders or good houres here is none, for he sleeps not one night in 3 monthes in the factory. He hath also entertained the Portugall that came from Surat upon the Royall Charles for his companion, at the Companys cost.
As for me, he hath severall times told me if I were not contented, I might walk upon't, which now I hope you will not take amisse if I goe without bidding to winter in Caile Velha, [Old Kâyal], first, because this discontented life doth much augment my distemper. Secondly, this our factory is but as a choutry, not for a sick than to winter in, being within a stones cast of the Sea, so that I intend, God willing, in Aprill for that place, and in August will not faile to be here againe, before which time I hope wee shall heare from your Worshipp I may be fully ordered to imbarque for Surat upon the first shipp that shall touch at this port; for my flux is now turned to another disease common to many in these parts, and for want of good meanes, leaves very few untill they goe to their grave. The Portugall calls it Almeerama,7 or piles in the guts. Be it what God pleases, I feare it hath been so long upon me that I shall never recover my health perfectly againe, and that for want of meanes in time.
If I live untill September next, I shall have served the Honble. Company Seaven yeares, having hitherto received but 20 li., therefore intreat you to order me to receive what you shal think fitting. For the rest, I will not trouble you here againe with repe[ti]tions of our hard fortunes and losses, because it hath been formerly done, only say that our hap cannot be paralelled, intreating you to have that in remembrance.
And now craving pardon, allthough I could not make my greifes known unto you in fewer lines, not doubting but that your Worshipp &ca., will seriously consider this my case, so with presentation of my best service,
I rest Porqua (Porikâd]
Your Worshipps &ca., most humble servant, the 21th february,
to my power, 1664-5.
ALEXANDER GRIGBIE.
MISCELLANEA, NOTE ON ONE OF THE AMARAVATI have already been published with Mr. Sowell's SCULPTURES IN THE COLOMBO MUSEUM. paper and the reader can refer to it. But the notes BY THE LATE E. K. AYRTON, ARCHÆOLOGICAL
are published now for the first time-ED.) COMMISBION ER, ANURADHAPURA. Prefatory Note.
Mr. R. Sewell in a paper published in 1907, The late Mr. E. R. Ayrton, Archæological
entitled Antiquarian Notes on Burma and Ceylon
(ante, XXXV, 293-299), pointed out the probable Commissioner, Ceylon, wrote some time ago, &
provenance of three pieces, two sculptures and few valuable notes on a paper by Mr. R. Sewell,
one octagonal pillar, of light grey closely grained in Vol. XXXI of this Journal, showing that certain
quartzite stone, which are in the Colombo Museum. Buddhist sculptures now in the Colombo Museum
He showed, on good grounds, that these three must have come from Amaravati. These notes
stones must have been carried off from the which support Mr. Sewell's contention, were for
Amaravati Tope in the Madras Presidency some reason never published, and a duplicate of them was found amongst Mr. Ayrton's papers. The
In this note I only propose to try and show what duplicato noe been forwarded to me by his successor, the subject of the sculptures on one of these stones Mr. A. M. Trocart, together with three photographs (Plate II, fig. 4, in the article referred to above) of the sculptures concerned. These photographs represente.
6 An interesting South Indian term : & rest-house at four cross-roads : & public building. Tamil sh dvadi; Malayal, chavati, Can chavadi; Southern Hindustani, chdwar: old Anglo-Indian choutry, choultry, through Northern Indian influence : Hindi, chautri, a Court.
6 Grigaby did not get to Old Kayal, as Harrington had to go there hurriedly on the death of Travers, in April 1664, to maintain the co.'s position. In July the unfortunate Grigsby was seized by the Dutch, who raided Porakad, and carried him off to Cochin. (Information from Mr. Wm. Foster
7 Port : almorreimas, hæmorrhoids