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they unite ia a fmgle ftream, then divide, and form the illand 



of Ser'nighain^ noted for its pagoda, and the dekiges of hlood 



which fteeped in gore the furrounding Delta : we may extend 



the bloody fcene much farther. French, EngliJJj, and natives 



fell innumerable vicStims to the dire ambition of European 



ftrangers, T^ritchinopoly had been an independent RajaJJnp-^ 



each party formed defigns on it. The Englijh, under the heroes 



Laurence and Ciive, poffeffed themfelves of the capital in 1751. 



The French, under Duplex, of the iiland. Tritchinopoly is a " 



ftrong city of the fhape of a parallelogram, feated at a fmail dif- 



tance from the fouthern bi-anch of the Cavery. The ground 



about it is in general uneven, and often marked with lofty rocks, 



infulated by the plainer ground. At that called th,^ French, fifty French rock. 



dragoons of the fame nation were cut to pieces by the Mahrattas, 



then our allies. The Ji.ngli/h went loon after to perform the 



piety of interment, and found all their bodies devoured by 



jackals'^. The Su^ar-loaf rock\ alfo had its lliare of flauehter. Sugar-loaf 



'^ ROCK. 



Laurence, by his defeat of the French under Jftruc, at the 



Golden rock, enfured the fafcty of Tritchinopoly. A body of ten Golden- rock, 



B^<iTTLE OF. 



thoufand Mahrattas^ now changed fides, and endeavoured to 

 make an imprellion on the little Englifo phalanx-, which fi:ood 

 calm and unmoved, while a well-ferved artillery thinned the 

 aftonifiied Hindoo fquadrons :{:, v.ho fled, terrified by Britip 

 thunderbolts, dreadful as if wielded by the hands of Jove him- 

 felf. 



The city of Tritcbinopoly is inclofed within two walls, flanked Tritchino- 



* Otme, i. p. 203, t Siwe, p. 310. '% Ssme, p, 890.293. 



\'oi.,. \h D with 



