royal array fent to gppofe him,. Thq armies, m ,e tth e generals
had a conference; the refult was, an agreement between both
for a confederacy,, not againft the king, but the traitor Canero.
A deputation was fentj to Seringapatam. Canero was given up;
Ayder appointed regent of the kingdom, and guardian of the
young prince. He left Canero to be tried by the Brahmins,
who condemned him, to death- Ayder changed the fentence to
one more fevere, to be Unit up in an iron cage, and left expofed
in the moft public place o f the city ; he lived two years, and his
bones were to be ieen in his ftrango prifon ieyeral years after
his death. Ayder continued to the lawful prince the fame treatment
as he or his predeceffors experienced under the ufurp-
ing Vifiers, a fplendid confinement, and the fame annual exhibition
o f his perfon to the faithful Hindoos.
T h e founder o f Seringapatam, the capital of the My/ore
kingdom, judicioufly placed it in an ifland o f the Cavery;
about eight miles to the north of the town o f My fore, the an-
tient capital, and a. fortified poll *.. The channel of the river,
moft rude and.rocky, is at all, times a.ftrong defence, even when
the water is loweft. Part of our troops paired it when it was up
to their necks, in order to poffefs themfelyes of the ifland, after
the victory o f February 6th and 7th. The important fpot is in
the middle a mile and a half broad; the length four miles:
from the middle it flopes on every fide to the river. The fort
and outworks occupy about a mile ol the weft fide, and face
the north. The ground which it covers towards that point far
more fteep than in other parts o f the ifland, and the ground
* Mr, Reunel,
on the oppofite to it rifes high, and gives a diftindt view of
every part o f the fort. This fortrefs was diftinguifhed by
its white walls, regular outworks, magnificent buildings, and
antient pagodas, and lofty mofques. The works are o f great
ftrength, but part were incomplete when we fate before them ;
fome were made by Europeans, fome by Myforeans, many of
whom have acquired confiderable ikill in military architecture.
It is probable that Fippoo himfelf was applying to that branch
of fcience, for in his tent was found a cafe o f military inftru-
ments o f London-make. In his towns were founderies of
cannon, and of the feveral inftruments o f war.
A l i t t l e to the eaft o f the fort is the Dowlet Baug, or the
State Garden, a fmall fquare. To the iouth o f that is the
Pettah, or town, of Sbaher Ganjam *, about half a mile fquare,
with regular crols-ftreets ihaded on each fide by trees, and fur-
rounded with a ftrong mud wall, and defigned for the bazar, or
market people, and the merchants.
I n 1780, when Ayder A li invaded the Carnatic; he felected
from the inhabitants all the weavers and youths he could find,
Which amounted to twenty thoufand : Thefe he forced up the
Ghauts, and fettled' in this Pettah, where he had his eftablifh-
ment of manufactures of cloths of different kinds. He made
all the cloathing for his army, which was uniformly o f a purple
ground, with white ftripes t. The flaves whorh he had made
who were Riuts, or hufbandmen, he difperied into different
parts of the country.
• That is, the city of the granary or treafufy of the people,--*Major Oufely.
*|- Mr. Kingfcote.
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