CHAPTER XLI. 



We continued a fortnight at Tellicherry to complete the cargo of 

 pepper. Mr. Church, the chief of that settlement, was one of our 

 oldest Bombay friends ; and under his hospitable roof we passed 

 our lime as pleasantly as the painful intelligence daily received 

 from Mangulore, and other parts of Tippoo Sultaun's dominions^ 

 would allow us. 



Our Tellicherry friends formed parties for us to Mahie, Durma- 

 patam, and other places in its vicinity. The country is extremely 

 pleasant for such excursions, and the weather at this season delight- 

 ful. Indeed the climate of Tellicherry, in the latitude of 11° 47" 

 north, is reckoned one of the finest in India ; the land winds are 

 generally moderate, the sea breezes cool and refreshing. A con- 

 stant trade during the fair season, with vessels of all descriptions 

 from different parts of India, renders this settlement very lively; 

 while the number of civil servants, with the garrison officers and 

 their families, beguile the rainy months in cheerful society and do- 

 mestic enjoyments. 



During our stay my friends kindly procured me every possible 

 variety in the natural history of this part of Malabar ; among others 



