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Ayder to make the experiment. General Matlbezvs^ fecure as 

 he thought himfelf in poffeffion of Bednore, defcended on this 

 city, and in a httlc time made himfelf mafler of the place, with 

 three large fliips on the flocks, and feveral lefTer, which totally 

 put to flight the naval vifion of the great Ayder. 



In 1783 Mangalore was invefted by Tippoo Sultan in perfon, 

 with an army of a hundred and forty thoufand fighting men, 

 affiftcd by \h.QFrencb. The governor, Colonel Campbely made a 

 moft gallant defence, and fuffered every extreme of famine, till 

 the place was given up, on honorable terms, at the conclufion 

 of the war, when it was found a mere heap of rubbifli. It had 

 been aflailed in the ftrangeft manner, bombarded by great 

 maffes of ftones, flung out of mortars, which did infinite mif- 

 chief : the poor foldier who was ftruck on the body, had a fud- 

 den relief; thofe who received them on the extremities fuffered 

 a long and agonizing termination of life. Majigalore remains 

 in pofTeffion of the Sultan^ wuth the whole province of CaU' 

 bara, the only maritime part allotted to him in the glorious 

 partition treaty. 



Nelifuram is feated a few miles np a river, and is fuppofed Nelisuram, 

 to be the Nelcynda and Melcynda of the antients. 



Near this river begins that vafl extent of coaft, called the Malabar 

 Malabar^ he Royaume de Melibar of Marco Polo, p. 148, com- ^^'^^■^• 

 prehending the feveral places, diftrids or principalities I fliall 

 mention. It reaches to Cape Cotnorin, and owned the Zamorin^ 

 or King of Calicut^ as Lord Paramount. 



Mount Dil/a, or Deli, is the next place of note, it is a fmall Mount Dula. 

 promontory in Lat. 12° i', and within is a bay, on which pro- 



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