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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
settlement of Benderabassy, in the Persian Gulf; he afterwards reduced Bencoolen, 
in the Island of Sumatra, where the English carried on a considerable trade, and_ 
destroyed all their forts and establishments. This enterprising seaman at last fell 
into the hands of the English: he was afterwards employed by the government of 
his country in various and important services. 
