South America - A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume 7 - By Robert Kerr
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The Fertility Of The Island, And The Fame Of Its Excellent Cinnamon, Drew Thither The _Chinese_, Who Intermarried With The

_Galas_, from which mixture arose a new race, called to this day the _Chingalas_, or Chingalese, who are very powerful

In the island, being subtle, false, and cunning, and excellently adapted for courtiers.

[Footnote 32: This is supplied from a former portion of the Portuguese Asia, Vol II. p. 507.]

On the extinction of the ancient royal family, the kingdom fell to _Dambadine Pandar Pracura Mabago_, who was treacherously taken prisoner by the Chinese, afterwards restored, and then murdered by _Alagexere_, who usurped the crown. The usurper dying ten years afterwards without issue, two sons of _Dambadine_ were sent for who had fled from the tyrant. _Maha Pracura Mabago_, the eldest, was raised to the throne, who settled his court at _Cota_, and gave the dominion of the four _Corlas_ to his brother. _Maha Pracura_ was succeeded by a grandson, the son of a daughter who was married to the Rajah of _Cholca_. This line likewise failed, and _Queta Permal_, king of Jafnapatam, was raised to the throne, on which he assumed the name or title of _Bocnegaboa_, or king by force of arms, having overcome his brother, who was king of the four _corlas_. His son, _Caypura Pandar_, succeeded, but was defeated and slain by the king of the four _Corlas_, who mounted the throne, and took the name of _Jauira Pracura Magabo_. These two kings were of the royal lineage, and had received their dominions from king _Maha Pracura_. After _Jauira_, his son _Drama Pracura Magabo_ succeeded, who reigned when Vasco de Gama discovered the route by sea to India. Afterwards, about the year 1500, the empire of Ceylon was divided by three brothers, into three separate kingdoms. _Bocnegababo Pandar_ had _Cota_; _Reigam Pandar_ had _Reigam_; and _Madure Pandar_ had _Cheitavaca_.

In the district of _Dinavaca_ in the centre of the island, there is a prodigiously high mountain called the _Peak of Adam_, as some have conceived that our first parents lived there, and that the print of a foot, still to be seen on a rock on its summit, is his. The natives call this _Amala Saripadi_, or the mountain of the footstep. Some springs running down this mountain form a pool at the bottom, in which pilgrims wash themselves, believing that it purifies them from sin. The rock or stone on the top resembles a tomb-stone, and the print of the foot seems not artificial, but as if it had been made in the same manner as when a person treads upon wet clay, on which account it is esteemed miraculous. Pilgrims of all sorts resort thither from all the surrounding countries, even from Persia and China; and having purified themselves by washing in the pool below, they go to the top of the mountain, near which hangs a bell, which they strike, and consider its sound as a symbol of their having been purified; _as if any other bell, on being struck, would not sound_. According to the natives, _Drama Rajah_, the son of an ancient king of the island, having done penance on the mountain along with many disciples, and being about to go away, left the print of his foot on the rock as a memorial.

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