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officer*, fent from Bombay by General Goddard, with a detach- 

 ment of the army for its rehef. The army %vas defeated, the 

 camp taken, and the General wounded and made prifoner. He 

 foon died of a broken heart, and was buried near the fort with 

 due honors. A tomb was ere6ted over his grave ; lamps are con- 

 tinually burning, and the Muff'elmen in numbers pay refpe6tful 

 vifits to the place t. Ayder had a ftrong fortrefs near the Eftg- 

 I'ljh limits; but if the lines were forced T'ellicbeny muft fall. 



The fituation of the town is extremely beautiful ; backed by 

 hills finely broken, and wooded, interfperfed with valleys, and 

 watered by a fine river; but its extreme healthinefs is a recom- 

 mendation beyond all other beauties: it is equal to that of 

 England, and is, on that account, the great refort of invalids. 

 Pepper is the great article of commerce ; but cofFee is alfo cul- 

 tivated there. 



TelUcheny once belonged to the French, but we made our- 

 felves matters of it, I believe, in King lVilliam\ time. Hamil- 

 ton fpeaks of the punch-houfes : this reminds me of a pleafant 

 miftake of M. £^r;2/Vr, iii. 154, who taking the vefTel for the 

 contents, fpeaks of a fatal liquor much drank by the EngliJ/j, 

 called Boule-ponge, 

 Mah£, Mahe, a French fettlement, is contiguous to TelUcherry, feated 



among mofl delicious wooded hills, and near the mouth of a 

 river. The French fettled here about the year 1722 ; we took 

 it in 1760, and, before we evacuated it, completely difm untied 

 the town, but did no other damages. To this day we prevent 



* War in Afia, i. 263. f Franklin's Travels, 13. 



them 



