too shallow to • allow ships of^ a dafg©;-- burden to p a s s ; and
ofVf;fchft;^ e&.:lrom | their
jg®phogag6»+l®!¥§cfhf0 ^ffeekedgjbeg§> , Op this aGGoppirit :4^]'pdt
-a t j vessels .approaching, m top \ cfe^e -tOrji^ jr in
order/ to warn them of' thqir danger! and prevent; them ;from
anchoring within a pertain .distance*
j -c Ak>hrapJao\ was particularly unfortanate in < the ipg|f| pf
three goyegnprs fafter jit came into-oujij hands^fajl.ln'thef sppce
pf jon§p$ear. ; The first was cplonel, Petrie, of (£&$£ s q ^ ity -
seventh regiment; In December 1796, general Doyle arrived
frpm ^England with, half the nineteenth; regiment, to succeed
general Stewart in the, »command, b u t' died cphj-,th,e, duner,,.following,
sific^elyis; regretted: •. Colonel Bonneyaup /ofi the.v^'om-
pany^s service,, the next senior officer on the island, ,^dclcf.eded
him ; ,.bntvhad onlyrarrived three or four .^ays .%t d^olpmbo,
froiB/Eis former command ; at Point t deGallqj>”r;when hej^was
killed by his curricle overturning as he drove o u t. through one
of the. gates£; and . was buried within a week after -his predecessor.
After; his death, general - de Meuron, colonel of the
Swiss; regiment .in our service,.?whp |was sent by the vgovernment
of Madras to investigate into .‘ the:., revenue departments,'
with temporary rank over* the officers- in . the,
lnnl vthe^^cpmnjaud -Which h e retained,|f till, { ^ ^ f Tkppod^ble
Frederick North was sent out from England as.goveKnptopf
jQdyfen/ The conduct of this geffilemam to ^pvq|y^class;pjl peo^
pie* since his-arrival on the island, is such a sto 'ieh title him
to theirv warmest attachment; and to make them wish that his
residence among them may be prolonged much beyond that pf
his predecessors.
: To 'every fort in India i s - attached, on the outside of the
walls,' a* -town or ■ Vi'LIage^cdM^l m$>he.- language ?of the natives
pettah, 'land by us ktl&&^M'a<s>ty&0wihr,ftgjggftft itsoheing/.iefrieflypin-
hsbited^iAy -) bldek^m'e|Madfe, 'fthtl -tra d ^ ^ ^ d ^ ^B ^ hm ip fe tta h
b|«Gblunfibo>Acsferyes particulan- 1 inoiiee, iF&jpi its exttet^audosu-r
■pCrior-istidctureKh 1%. is» diyidotl,
•the ’ -0# ^^A^^^r.dai|ltfeenl^lhteiEiiningl'iaMthe
esplanade» ne&r-'thd, wallsp' ahd^ruimitig'f.on- till’ - &b>'ppbd1 j j j > an
old- mud-'^ali, and ^.^a^efcfe’o^fi^^d^kman’svsPortj f,iilfr,\fch^> Hi-»-
vision- of theto’jjefthh k-re j'seyeiak _e^^lMtMhouses1-|yd|^Mjfei!atiy
Dutch gentlemen-an^m<^©Hants«£C'Sidte.* ? ®krou^friKfenSa^li’si^©,Ft
there Jiisog|lnarr0Wi^paiss’age>clpa^ngS into-tire, ojfifdjfe^divi^bni
consists -;of a /long sbBaggliag>/tow%^s^frted j on,* one u^BAhyi
lake I hgvei already- des'dritled-.^^Besides^a principal there
* e several ,smaH'e-i^®ljfea running parallel ftp,: ity 4, In one>xd#f-piem
Stands a'fk-rgd/weM-qoj&t'suGted • bui 1 dinealledt:lfh% Qrphapii&tpmfe
nary,w©fci^c^©ol; w h e rev e r Dutch? nsfed^ifto-leduhafeptn^idhiEdron
t po'orer _EhrppOaia^>|ii^t,well' ■ rjtheSisfe
yfbich thhy had -by- -native j women'to ^Jffi^s^Nn-M'renjT^eieklfeKC
brought»-up -at -the publfcJ expense, till-the b^ys? bttl-feijq)jj|lla
tonbefbmg-'mpprenticfes^^'tmdes; - and- tkl%fenMes iwevph&tfled
ins some^GOmfortableJJsituatietn, -or married *lo ^perions Ofimieir
own yank-ori ThukA&udable -institution -is • stilbleept'(to-p%<apa^-bur
government, with a liberality highly praiseworthy,l^bnl'ib'utes $6
its support: >0
(Close«'by the-Csplaftade,'khd adjoining-Mid^^ack ta^n,.-.is the
burial-ground-ofi. the ^r-rison; *the church, aS I have aheadynien-
tioned, stands a t the other end of the,-townt, t-
< The* shops,-bazars, aind-fStalls placed-all*-along (the-streets! are
replenished with yarioui^rticleW.of -merchandil^ -pecnlia^y i©
use among tho natives, of ,Klndia t: apd thf^lown, t^^ing^the,^lk)le: