98 A LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS. 



"It is the largest port in India and the best river. 

 Thus, it is resorted to by a great number of ships 

 from different parts of Europe, Persia, Arabia, Mecca, 

 Bassora, the coasts of Malabar and Coromandal, 

 Massulapatas (Masulapatam), Bengal, Siam, Acheen, 

 Queddah, the Maldiver, Malacca, Batavia, Manilla, 

 China and many other parts of the world." 



Taffesiles — Tafsila — a stuff from Mecca- It is spelt in various 

 ways. Van Twist in his account of India (A.D. 1648) 

 gives a list of stuffs which includes gamiguins and 

 toffochillen. Valentijn (A.D. 1624-1626 , in a similar 

 list in Oud en Niew Oost-Indien, includes taffatshelas 

 and ginggangs. 



Tanagapatam — I cannot identify this place. 



Tanesseei — Tenasserim, a town on a river of the same name 

 in the Mergui District. Founded by the Siamese 

 in A.D. 1373, it suffered much in the struggles between 

 the Burmese and the Siamese. It was an important 

 city in the seventeenth city, when there was an over- 

 land route to Siam, and much of the trade between 

 India and Siam was carried between Masulipatam and 

 Tenasserim. It is now an insignificant town. 



Tanianco — I cannot locate this place. 



Tclingana — A term vaguely applied by the Mnhammadans to 

 the country of the Telugus in the North East portion 

 of the Madras Presidency. See the articles Teliga and 

 Teloogoo in Yule and Burnell. 



Ticao : Tecoa • Tecoo. — Tiku. On the West Coast of 

 Sumatra, above 18 miles North of Priaman. 



Tircpopelir — Tirupapeliur or Cuddalore New Town. In the 

 Cuddalore District of Madras near Vellore. 



Velur •* Velour — Vellore : in the North Arcot District of 

 Madras. 



Wisnagara — Vijayanagara. See Narzinga. 



Xama •' — -The great, but imaginary, lake of Chiamay. See the 

 article Chiamay in Yule and Burnell. 



