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WESTERN HINDOOSTAN. 109
tlie attack was made, found that the wily Indian had left rhera
no more than the value of one hundred thoufand pounds to
divide among them.
The firfl: of the name was Conagee Angria, an adventurer in Origin cfths
the time of Aurengzebe, entrufted by the Mahrattas with the Nam£<
fort of Severn-droog. He not only kept pofTeflion of that for-
trefs, but extended his territories a hundred and twenty miles
along the coafts, and as far inland as the Ghauts. Mahrattas,
Indians, renegado Cbrijlians, and Negroes, flocked in vaft num-
bers to the piratical ftandard, which became atlaft as formidable
in thefe feas, as that of Algiers in the Mediterranean. All his
fucceflbrs retained the name of Angria, even to the lad, whofe
,deftrudtion we have related.
I here mention Dabul, a neighboring place, to contrail Dabu*.
the conduct of the Portuguefe, who, in 1555, took it with un-
common inftances of barbarity. They fet fire to it in four
places. The male inhabitants efcaped; but the favage heroes
(for we cannot deny the character of heroifm) put to the fword
the defencelefs fex and innocent children *. After various other
barbarities along the coaft, the wretched conqueror, Brandan,
was received at the capital, Goa, with every mark -of ap-
probation.
The important city of Goa Hands on an ifland of the fame . Isie of Goa.
name, in Lat. 150 28' 20", in a fine bay, a few leagues lower.
The city was for a great length of time the moft magnificent in
India. The churches and palaces of the inhabitants were of
* Conquetes des Portugais, iv. 183.
igreat
tlie attack was made, found that the wily Indian had left rhera
no more than the value of one hundred thoufand pounds to
divide among them.
The firfl: of the name was Conagee Angria, an adventurer in Origin cfths
the time of Aurengzebe, entrufted by the Mahrattas with the Nam£<
fort of Severn-droog. He not only kept pofTeflion of that for-
trefs, but extended his territories a hundred and twenty miles
along the coafts, and as far inland as the Ghauts. Mahrattas,
Indians, renegado Cbrijlians, and Negroes, flocked in vaft num-
bers to the piratical ftandard, which became atlaft as formidable
in thefe feas, as that of Algiers in the Mediterranean. All his
fucceflbrs retained the name of Angria, even to the lad, whofe
,deftrudtion we have related.
I here mention Dabul, a neighboring place, to contrail Dabu*.
the conduct of the Portuguefe, who, in 1555, took it with un-
common inftances of barbarity. They fet fire to it in four
places. The male inhabitants efcaped; but the favage heroes
(for we cannot deny the character of heroifm) put to the fword
the defencelefs fex and innocent children *. After various other
barbarities along the coaft, the wretched conqueror, Brandan,
was received at the capital, Goa, with every mark -of ap-
probation.
The important city of Goa Hands on an ifland of the fame . Isie of Goa.
name, in Lat. 150 28' 20", in a fine bay, a few leagues lower.
The city was for a great length of time the moft magnificent in
India. The churches and palaces of the inhabitants were of
* Conquetes des Portugais, iv. 183.
igreat