See also:

• GALLE, or POINT DE GALLE

GALLE, or POINT DE GALLE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . It was made a See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 1865, and divided into the five districts of the Fort, Callowelle, Galopiadde, Hirimbure and Cumbalwalla . The fort, which is more than a mile in circumference, overlooks the whole See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, but is commanded by a range of hills . Within its enclosure are not only several See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government buildings, but an old See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church erected by the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, a See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque, a Wesleyan See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and a considerable number of houses occupied by Europeans . The old Dutch See also:

• BUILDING

building known as the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, or See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor's See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, which dated from 1687, was in such a dilapidated See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state that it was sold by the governor, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory, in 1873 . Elsewhere there are few buildings of individual See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note, but the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of domestic See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture is pleasant and comfortable, though not pretentious . One of the most delightful features of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is the profusion of trees, even within the town, and along the edge of the See also:

• SHORE

shore—suriyas, palms, coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut trees and See also:

• BREAD

bread-See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit trees . The ramparts towards the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea furnish See also:

• FINE

fine promenades . In the harbour deep See also:

• WATER

water is found See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the shore, and the See also:

• OUTER

outer roads are spacious; but the south-west See also:

• MONSOON
• MONSOON (Arabic Mausim, season)

monsoon renders entrance difficult, and not unfrequently drives vessels from their moorings . The opening of the See also:

• SUEZ

Suez See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal in 1869, and the construction of a See also:

• BREAKWATER

breakwater at See also:

• COLOMBO

Colombo, leading to the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of the mall and most of the commercial steamers to the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, seriously diminished the prosperity of See also:

• GALLE, or POINT DE GALLE

Galle . Although a few steamers still See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call to See also:

• COAL

coal and take in some See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo, yet the loss of the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular and See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental and other steamer agencies reduced the port to a subordinate position; nor has the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the railway from Colombo, and beyond Galle to Matara, very much improved matters . The See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea-planting See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry has, however, spread to the neighbourhood, and a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal is done in digging See also:

• PLUMBAGO (from Lat. plum-bum, lead)

plumbago and in growing grass for the See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation of citronella oil .

The export See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is chiefly represented by coco-nut oil, plumbago, See also:

• COIR (from Malay Kayar, cord, Kayaru, to be twisted)

coir See also:

• YARN

yarn, fibre, rope and tea . In the import trade See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ITEM (a Latin adverb meaning " also," " likewise ")

item . Both the export and import trade for the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, however, now chiefly passes through Colombo . Pop . (1901) 37,165 . Galle is mentioned by none of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek or Latin geographers, unless the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification with See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy's Avium Promontorium or Cape of Birds be a correct one . It is hardly noticed in the native See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles before 1267, and See also:

• IBN

Ibn Batuta, in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, distinctly states that See also:

• KALI (black)

Kali—that is, Galle—was a small town . It was not till the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of Portuguese occupation that it See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to importance . When the Dutch succeeded the Portuguese they strengthened the fortifications, which had been vigorously defended against their See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, Kosten; and under their See also:

• RULE

rule the place had the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a commandancy . In the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage treaty of the infanta of See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal with See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England it was agreed that if the Portuguese recovered Ceylon they were to See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand over Galle to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English; but as the Portuguese did not recover Ceylon the town was See also:

• LEFT

left to fall into English hands at the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of the island from the Dutch in 1796 . The name Galle is derived from the Sinhalese gaga, ectuivalent to " See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock "; but the Portuguese and Dutch settlers, being better fighters than philologists, connected it with the Latin See also:

• GALLUS, C
• GALLUS, CORNELIUS (c. 70-26 B.C.)
• GALLUS, GAIUS AELIUS
• GALLUS, GAIUS CESTIUS
• GALLUS, GAIUS SULPICIUS

gallus, a See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock, and the See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image of a cock was carved as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of the town in the front of the old government house .