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CHAPTER XLI. 



Residence at Tellicherry. .parties of pleasure. . climate and healthy situation of Telli- 

 cherry. . subjects in natural history. . plants. . Gloriosa superba. . cruel fate of the 

 English prisoners with Tippoo Sultaun, taken at Bednore. . savage treatment of 

 the officers and privates in marching through the country. . fate of General 

 Mathews and two other gentlemen taken off by poisoned coffee, .mechanical tiger 

 . .refinements in cruelty, .contrast between Domitian and Nero. . rigid discipline 

 of Tippoo.. different account of General Mathews' death., fate of the captains 

 and subaltern officers. . Hyder Ally's character superior to his son. . origin of Hy- 

 der. . commencement and rapidity of his military career. . further accounts of his 

 family and exaltation. . his high command and dignity under the rajah of Mysore. . 

 usurps the sovereignty, imprisons the rajah, and takes the title of Nawaub. .makes 

 Seringapatam his capital. . sea-ports. . Mangulore. . splendor of the tiger throne. . 

 the Huma. . the tiger a family emblem. . prayer of Tippoo.. a letter of tremen- 

 dous brevity. . account of Hyder's durbar. . many particulars of Tippoo's charac- 

 ter, dress, &c. . character of Mahomed and his immediate successors. . magnifi- 

 cence of the Arabian caliphs. . reflection of Abdahhaman. . remark of Gibbon. . 

 palace at Seringapatam. .Tippoo's bedchamber guarded by four tigers. . predilec- 

 tion of the Mahomedans for Abyssinian slaves. . melancholy fate of a young lady, 

 and friendly tribute to her memory. . dispatches for the General Elliot received 

 from Bombay. . paragraph in the Governor and Council's letter. . cargo com- 

 pleted, and final dispatch for Europe. . sail for Tellicherry. . pass Calicut. . anec- 

 dotes of Hyder Ally and Zamorine of Calicut, .end of that dynasty. . anchor at 

 Chetwa. . departure for Europe. . reflections on that event, and the melancholy 

 fate of former shipmates. . particulars of the voyage from the Malabar coast to 

 St. Helena. . storms off the Cape. . Camoen's Spirit of the Cape. . arrival at St. 

 Helena, .additional anecdotes and descriptions of that island. . Sargasso, or 

 Grass-sea. .flying-fish. . terrific storm, . arrival in England 181 



