we may, however, safely conclude, from the violent contest for 
landed property of every kind in Canara , that each occupant has 
still a considerable interest in the soil, besides the reward due to him 
for cultivating whatever his stock enables him to do. It is indeed 
sincerely to be wished that this property may long continue un- 
molested, as no country can thrive where the absolute property 
of the soil is vested in the state/' 
The etiquette of the Mangulore Durbar detained us until a 
late hour; when we returned on board, and sailed with the land 
breeze for Tellicherry, along a hilly coast, particularly near mount 
Dilla, a high woody cape, twenty miles from Tellicherry. We 
next passed Cannanore, a large sea- port town belonging to a Ma- 
homedan prince called Ally Rajah, who was also sovereign of 
the Maldivae islands. Cannanore carried on a considerable trade 
in pepper and cocoa-nuts, and was situated in a beautiful coun- 
try, the sea-coast being enriched by extensive groves of cocoa- 
nuts, with cultivated plains between them and the Gatte moun- 
tains. 
Tellicherry was at that time a principal settlement of the Eng- 
lish, in the latitude of 11° 48' north, and 75° 23' east longitude: 
the town, enclosed by a slight wall, contained several good houses, 
belonging to the English, and native Portugueze: situated on a 
rising ground near the sea, it was constantly refreshed by the western 
breeze; and, from the salubrity of the air, was called the Mont- 
pellier of India. Die fort was large and well garrisoned; it con- 
tained an excellent house for the chief, with barracks and other 
public buildings: about a mile to the southward was another Eng- 
lish fort, called Moylan, and batteries on the adjacent hills; but 
