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Though I am not difpofed to judge of the 

 European nations, merely by their behaviour 

 towards each other in the Eaji Indies j yet I 

 cannot omit taking notice, that the French have 

 every where been very civil to us. They al- 

 ways called us lews grands allies, that is, their 

 great allies ; and their civility extended fo far 

 as to give us leave to bury one of our dead in 

 their church at Maine. 



Our fuperiors"had made no regulations on 

 fhore ; for which reafon, every one who went 

 on more was forced to procure as he could 

 every thing for himfelf ; which made it more 

 advantageous to flay on board. 



Besides the gold coin, called pagoda, 

 which is valued at four rupees, their filver 

 coins are rupees of which each contains five 

 fanno. Tar is a copper coin of different values. 



The boats, which are made u{q of here and 

 at Mangulor, have flar bottoms, like common 

 boats, and are pointed at both ends. For fear 

 of overfetting, one ought to know how to 

 keep an exacl: equilibrium. I was told that 

 the Malabaric rowers at Mahie were obliged 



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