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174 GOA AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.
the officers belonging to the two seapoy companies
detached from the neighbouring station — Cana-
nore. Most of the residents inhabit houses built
upon an eminence about three miles to the north of
the town • others live as close as possible to the
sea. A dreary life they must lead, one would
suppose, especially during the monsoon, when the
unhappy expatriated's ears are regaled by no other
sounds but the pelting of the rain, the roaring of the
blast, and the creaking of the cocoa trees, whilst a
curtain of raging sea, black sky, and watery air, is
all that meets his weary ken.
The first thing we observe during our perambu-
lation, is the want of the quadruped creation : there
are no horses, * sheep, or goats, and the cows are
scarcely as large as English donkeys. Secondly, the
abundance of sore eyes, produced, it is supposed
by the offensive glare and the peculiar effect of
the sun's rays, which in these regions are insuffer-
able even to the natives of other Indian provinces.
The population apparently regards us with no
friendly feeling, Moslem and Hindoo, all have scowls
upon their faces, and every man, moreover, carries
* Arab and other valuable horses cannot stand the climate,
—a Pegu pony is the general monture. The sheep intended
for consumption are brought down from Mysore.
the officers belonging to the two seapoy companies
detached from the neighbouring station — Cana-
nore. Most of the residents inhabit houses built
upon an eminence about three miles to the north of
the town • others live as close as possible to the
sea. A dreary life they must lead, one would
suppose, especially during the monsoon, when the
unhappy expatriated's ears are regaled by no other
sounds but the pelting of the rain, the roaring of the
blast, and the creaking of the cocoa trees, whilst a
curtain of raging sea, black sky, and watery air, is
all that meets his weary ken.
The first thing we observe during our perambu-
lation, is the want of the quadruped creation : there
are no horses, * sheep, or goats, and the cows are
scarcely as large as English donkeys. Secondly, the
abundance of sore eyes, produced, it is supposed
by the offensive glare and the peculiar effect of
the sun's rays, which in these regions are insuffer-
able even to the natives of other Indian provinces.
The population apparently regards us with no
friendly feeling, Moslem and Hindoo, all have scowls
upon their faces, and every man, moreover, carries
* Arab and other valuable horses cannot stand the climate,
—a Pegu pony is the general monture. The sheep intended
for consumption are brought down from Mysore.