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fpring tides, and has a caftle on its north fide for its guard, that none may go in orout without leave.

The Portugueze alfo get fupplies of rice for Goa , and they have fix or eight (hips,belonging to Barceloar, that carry their cargoes of rice to Mulkat, and bring back inreturn, horfes, dates, pearls, and other merchandize of the product of Arabia. Tothe fouthvvard of this place, on a plain road that leads to Mangulore, are planted fourrows of trees, on the fides of a walk about eight or ten miles long, which being verylarge, and having fpreading branches ever green all the fumrner, ferve for umbrellas topaflengers that travel that road. And, on feveral places, there are huts built, whereforne old people ftay in the day time, with jars of fine clear water for the paflengers todrink gratis, at the charge of the ftate. Baccanoar and Molkey lie between Barceloarand Mangulore, both having the benefit of rivers to export the large quantities of ricethat their fields produce.

Mangulore is the greateft mart for trade in all the Canary dominions. It has theconveniency of one river produced by three that come into it different ways, viz. fromthe north, Ibuth, and calf, all proceeding from the great rains and dews that fall fromthe mountains of Gatti, which lie 25 or 30 leagues up in the country, and are theinland bounds of the Canary dominions. Thofe three rivers join about a mile fromthe fea, and, at Mangulore, difembogue at one mouth into the common receptory ofrivers.

The Portugueze had a factory for rice here, and a pretty large church, becaufegreat numbers of black Chrillians refide there. The priefts, as well as their congre-gations, are the very fcum of Chriftianity. The clergy are fo lhamelefs, that they willbargain with a ftranger to pimp for them. And the laity look on whoring, thieving, andmurder, as no fin, if any gain can be got by them.

The fields here bear two crops of corn yearly in the plains ; and the higher groundsproduce pepper, bettlenut, fandal-wood, iron and Heel, which make Mangulore aplace of pretty good trade. The town is poorly built, along the fides of the rivers,,and has no defence againft an enemy, but‘two finall forts, one of each fide of theriver’s mouth. The Rajah or Rana keeps generally about 15,000 foldiers on theirMalabar frontiers, to repel, the infolence of the Malabars, and another army towards theSevagee borders, to cover them from the inroads of thofe Harpies; for theMalabars and Sevagees being poor in refpect of the Canarines, watch opportunities toborrow the fuperfluities of their rich neighbours. Such practices have been ufed, informer times amongft us in Britain , and, no doubt, would {till be fo, if good wholelomelaws, backed with good forces to fee them put in execution, did not reffrain us.

Along the Malabar frontiers, the Canarians have forts built of earth, whereinare kept about 2 or 300 foldiers ready, on all occafions, to encounter any finall partypf the Malabars that clandeltinely come in to thieve or rob ; but the Mulkat Arabs,m anno 1695, came with a fleet, and plundered the fea-coaft of Canara, and burntBarceloar and Mangulore, and carried away a great booty. And Connagee Angarie,.m anno 1720, came along the coaft, and infulted it; hut, on landing fome men,found fuch refiftance, that made him embark again, without doing much milchief todie country.

There is only one finall fea-port more in Canara, called Manguzeer, about fiveleagues to the fouthward of Mangalore , and three from Decully, a large fort built on

ifland clofe to the land. And three leagues farther fouth is a finall river that dividesCanara and Malabar territories.

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