364 Hamilton’s account of the east indies.

ing to cudom, was laid on the pile; and, as the fire was well, kindled, and fhe goingto ad: the tragedy on herfelf, fhe efpied her former admirer, and beckoned to him tocome to her. When he came, fhe took him in her arms, as if fhe had a mind toembrace him ; but being dronger than he, fine carried him into the flames in her arms,where they both confumed, with the corpfe of her hufband: yet I have knownfome faint hearted girls that had not the courage to accompany their fpoufes into anunknown world, but rather live in this, though under the badge and umbrage ofignominy and fhame.

This country of Canara is generally governed by a lady, who keeps her court at' a town called Baydour, two days journey from the fea. She may marry whom fhepleafes; but her hufband never gets the title of Rajah, though if fhe has fons, theelded of them does ; but neither hufband nor fon have any thing to do with themanagement of the government, while fhe lives : nor are the queens obliged to burnwith their hufbands. The fubjeds of this country obferve the laws fo well, that robberyor murder are hardly heard of among them. And a ftranger may pafs through thecountry without being afked where he is going, or what bufinefs he has.

No man is permitted in this country to ride on horfes, mules or elephants, butofficers of date or troopers, though we are allowed to ride on oxen or buffaloes: nornone are permitted to have umbrellas carried over them by fervants, but mud carrythem themfelves if the fun or rain offend them ; but in all things elfe there is libertyand property.

The next fea-port, to the fouthward of Onoar, is Batacola, which has the vedigiaof a very large city, Handing on a littje river, about four miles from the fea. There isnothing of it left now worth noticing, but ten or eleven fmall pagods or templescovered with copper and Hone. The country produces good quantities of pepper; andthe Englifh company had a fadory there: but about the year 1670, an Englifh fhipcoming there to lade, had a fine Englifh bull-dog, which the chief of the fadorybegged of the captain.

After the fhip was gone, the fadory, which confided of eighteen perfons, weregoing a hunting, and carried the bull-dog with them ; and, palling through the town,the dog feized a cow devoted to a pagod, and killed her. Upon which the prieds raifeda mob, who murdered the whole fadory; but fome natives, that were friends to theEnglifh, made a large grave, and buried them all in it. The chief of Carwar fent adone to be put on the grave, with an infcription, that this is the burial-place ofJohn Bed, with feventeen other Englishmen, who were Sacrificed to the fury of a madpriedhood, and an enraged mob. The Englifh never refettled there fince; but oftenbuy pepper there. The ifland St. Mary lies wed-north-wed from the mouth of theriver of Batacola, about four leagues didant, being the burial-place of Mr. Goringbefore obferved. There are fome more iflands lying clofe to the fhore, but are befetwith rocks under water. And what fhips pafs between St. Mary and them, ought notto venture above two miles within that ifland ; but there is no danger within a quarterof a mile of it, but what is vifible.

The next town to the fouthward of Batacola, is Barceloar, Handing on the banksof a broad river, about four miles from the fea. The country abounds in rice,having in many places two crops in a year, by the advantage they have of fomelakes at the feet of the mountains of Gatti, whofe waters being confined by fluices,are let out at convenient times to water their rich fields. The Dutch have a fac-tory here, only to buy up rice for their garrifons on the Malabar coad. It Handsabout a mile from the river’s mouth, that has a bar of 13 or 14 feet water on it at

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