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governor of Bengal. The French were far fuperior to our 

 forces, but by fuperior valour and fuperior condudl they funk 

 before us. Forde gained a decifive vi(5tory at Feddipore^ in Ra~ 

 jabmundry : he purfued his fuccefs, took Majfulipatam.^ with 

 M. ConflanSy who furrendered at difcretion ; and fuch was the 

 end of that ill-fated name. This, with the capture of Gangam, 

 in December 1759, put an end to the French empire in the 

 Circars. 



We fliall now purfue the line of coaft to the extremity of the 

 Circars. — Let us premife, that it trends faft to the north-eaft as 

 far as Cape FalmiraSy in Orixa. We will refume our route 

 from the mouth of the fouthern branch of the Godavery, pafs 

 by point Gordewarnea., the northern branch, and purfue our 

 courfe to Fizigapatajn, a fortified place, feated in Lat. 17* 40'. Vizigapatam. 

 It has a confiderable trade in the cotton manufadlures ; hemp is 

 alfo colledted, but not in confiderable quantities, and nfed in 

 making a coarfe kind of facks. A moft fingular affair hap- 

 pened here, very worthy to be recorded : In the latter end of 

 the laft century, the Nabob of Cbicacole attempted to furprife 

 this place ; he got into the fa6lorv with twenty or thirty attend- 

 ants : the alarm being given, Mr. Richard Holden, a refolute 

 young gentleman, ran down flairs with his fufee in his hand, 

 and his bayonet fcrewed on its muzzle, and prefenting it to the 

 Nabob's breaft, told him, in the Hindoo language (which he was 

 mafter of ) that he was welcome, but if any of his atte;idants 

 offered the left incivility, his life fliould anfwer for it. The 

 Nabob wzs aftonifhed at the refolution and bravery of the young 

 gentleman, and fat down to confider a little ; Mr. Ho/den keep- 

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