JAFNAPATAN, a sea-port town, seated at the
north-east end of the island of Ceylon in the East In-
dies. The Dutch took it from the Portuguese in
1658, and have continued in the possession of it since
that time. They export from thence great quantities
of tobacco, and some elephants, which are accounted
the most docile of any in the whole world. E. Long.
80. 25. N. Lat. 9. 30.