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his palace, and was burned, with some of his women, and three 

 brahmins, the rest having left him on this sad reverse of fortune. 



On the zamorine's death, Hyder Ally garrisoned Calicut with 

 two thousand foot and five hundred horse, and marched with the 

 remainder of his army to Coimbatore, forty coss on his route to 

 his own country. About two months after the nabob's departure, 

 the late zamorine's brother appeared before Calicut with twenty 

 thousand men, and having got possession of it, he put every man 

 of Hyder's army to death, except about three hundred, who fled to 

 a temple for safely. As soon as this news reached Hyder, he. de- 

 tached Assut Khan, with five thousand foot and one thousand 

 horse, to retake Calicut ; who, after two engagements, forced the 

 Hindoos to abandon the country, and kept the town for Hyder. 

 Within three months they returned with greater force, retook the 

 place, cut off Assut Khan's head, and killed a number of his 

 people. This was after my visit to Calicut in 1772, and previous 

 to the 3 T ear 1776; but I cannot ascertain the exact date. Before 

 the expiration of many months, Hyder Ally himself marched for 

 Calicut with two thousand horse and six thousand foot; but when 

 he had proceeded two days towards it, he gave the command of 

 that force to Sevajee Row, a TNlahratta general in his service. The 

 zamorine's brother again tried his fortune in the field, and was 

 again defeated. Pie then left the country, the inhabitants of Cali- 

 cut evacuated the place, and Sevajee immediately took possession. 



These extraordinary events having taken place since my for- 

 mer voyage on the Malabar coast, and description of this cele- 

 brated emporium, I thought a brief recital would be interesting. 

 They may be said to complete its oriental history; for Calicut, 



