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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
March 1.
March 2.
Appearance
of the coun-
try.
CHAPTER supply the greater part of the peninsula with this article, which
XVI- among the natives is in universal use. Their greatest supply comes
from that part of Kanhana which is subject to the Marattahs. The
encouragement of this manufacture in British Kanhana seems to
merit attention. The tree is exactly the same with what I found
used for the like purpose in the dominions of Ava, and does not
agree very well with the descriptions in the Supplementum Plantarum
of the younger Linnams, nor in Dr. Roxburgh's manuscripts.
2d March.—I went three cosses to Seddsiva-gJiur. The road passes
over two steep ridges of hills, running out into two promontories,
between which is a bay sheltered by the island of Angediva, belong-
ing to, and inhabited by the Portuguese. South from the island
are two small hummocks, and off the southern promontory are some
high rocks. The appearance of the whole from land renders it
probable, that shelter might be found here for ships, even during
the south-west monsoon. In the plain round this bay the soil is
tolerably good. On the plain north from the two ridges it is very
sandy, and much spoiled by salt water, which soaks through any
such banks as can be formed of the loose materials that are pro-
curable. The coco-nut is perhaps the production which would
thrive best; but a great part of the plain is M'aste, and covered
with bushes of the Cassuvium, called Govay by the natives, from its
having been introduced from America by the Portuguese of Goa.
The river of Seddsiva-ghur is a very wide and deep inlet of the sea.
The passage into it is intricate, but at the height of the tide con-
tains 25 feet water. It is sheltered in a deep bay by three islands,
one of which, called by the natives Karmaguda, is fortified. The
entrance is commanded by the fort, which is situated on a lofty
hill. Much land in this vicinity has fallen into the hands of go-
vernment, and, owing to the depredations of the Comarapeca robbers,
has become waste. One of their chiefs, named Venja Ndyaka, was
the terror of the whole country, and forced even Bruhmans to adopt
his cast. Tm'O of his sons were hanged by Tippoo; but, until
178
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
March 1.
March 2.
Appearance
of the coun-
try.
CHAPTER supply the greater part of the peninsula with this article, which
XVI- among the natives is in universal use. Their greatest supply comes
from that part of Kanhana which is subject to the Marattahs. The
encouragement of this manufacture in British Kanhana seems to
merit attention. The tree is exactly the same with what I found
used for the like purpose in the dominions of Ava, and does not
agree very well with the descriptions in the Supplementum Plantarum
of the younger Linnams, nor in Dr. Roxburgh's manuscripts.
2d March.—I went three cosses to Seddsiva-gJiur. The road passes
over two steep ridges of hills, running out into two promontories,
between which is a bay sheltered by the island of Angediva, belong-
ing to, and inhabited by the Portuguese. South from the island
are two small hummocks, and off the southern promontory are some
high rocks. The appearance of the whole from land renders it
probable, that shelter might be found here for ships, even during
the south-west monsoon. In the plain round this bay the soil is
tolerably good. On the plain north from the two ridges it is very
sandy, and much spoiled by salt water, which soaks through any
such banks as can be formed of the loose materials that are pro-
curable. The coco-nut is perhaps the production which would
thrive best; but a great part of the plain is M'aste, and covered
with bushes of the Cassuvium, called Govay by the natives, from its
having been introduced from America by the Portuguese of Goa.
The river of Seddsiva-ghur is a very wide and deep inlet of the sea.
The passage into it is intricate, but at the height of the tide con-
tains 25 feet water. It is sheltered in a deep bay by three islands,
one of which, called by the natives Karmaguda, is fortified. The
entrance is commanded by the fort, which is situated on a lofty
hill. Much land in this vicinity has fallen into the hands of go-
vernment, and, owing to the depredations of the Comarapeca robbers,
has become waste. One of their chiefs, named Venja Ndyaka, was
the terror of the whole country, and forced even Bruhmans to adopt
his cast. Tm'O of his sons were hanged by Tippoo; but, until