SURATTE. 1750. i P3 



Befides this, they have a round hollow fnield 

 of buffalo fkin, a yard in diameter. The 

 pions, or the people which go before men of 

 rank in this country both for parade and fecu- 

 rity, carry their fwords drawn, and their 

 ihields on the left arm. 



The advantageous fituation of S watte for 

 trade appears from a map. The Arabian 

 merchandize can here be very conveniently 

 bartered againft the Indian and Chinefe manu- 

 factured goods. But it is unlucky that the 

 government is not (table : the court is inactive 

 at Delhi, while the governors at Sutattc fight 

 with each other. 



The continual rains from May to September 

 frequently change the fands, and the gulph is 

 as full of pirates as the Baltick Sea was in the 

 time of the Wickinger. Thefe three obftruc- 

 tions, together with fome others, have induc- 

 ed fome Europeans to have entertained fan- 

 guine hopes of getting this trade to them- 

 felves ; which would not be difficult, if there 

 was toleration in religious matters, if the go- 

 vernment was lefs defpotic, and the pirates 

 were oppofed with more vigor, who, it is faid, 

 have been purpofely neglected by the powers 



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