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P. 43. Baignans.—Vide Descriptive Letter from Surat , in 1671-72, 
by Sir Streynsham Master, in Miscellaneous Papers appended to 
Diary of William Hedges , edited by Colonel Yule. Hakluyt Soc. 
P. 43. The Company of France has its Hotel and Office in Surat.—An 
English factory was established at Surat in 1612. The Dutch factory 
in 1617, and the French factory in 1664. Vide note by Ed, Grey, 
Hakluyt Edition, Pietro della Valle , vol. i. p. 19. 
P. 43. Savagy, i.e. Rajah.—Sivaji, a Mahratta prince and warrior, 
who invaded the Carnatic from his original stronghold Rahiri, in the 
Northern Ghats, 65 miles S.E. of Bombay. 
P. 43. The Great Mogul.— Vide above Letter from Surat, Diary of 
W. Hedges , vol. iii. 309. ‘ The Great Mogull Oranzeeb. 5 —Surat was 
now under the government of Ahmadavad. 
P. 43. Savagy at peace with Frenchmen.— £ The 3rd October 1670 
Sevagy’s army . . . possest themselves of the whole town. Part of 
the army assaulled the Tartars’ quarters and the English house; But 
the Ffrench made a private peace for themselves, on what tearmes 
wee cannot Learne; and so never shott off a Gunn, though at first 
being strong in menn they Vapoured as if they would have fought 
the whole army themselfes.’— Hedges's Diary , op. cit. iii., Master, 
p. 227. 
P. 45. The gentlemen of the East Indian Company have agencies 
established in territory of Savagy.— Idem , pp. 305 et seq. The 
Mahrattas were sometimes called ‘ Sivagees,’ and conquered large 
portions of the Mogul’s dominions. 
P. 45. February, Monsieur de Mondevergues embarked in the 
ship ‘Mariee.’—‘Pendant que son Vaisseau cingla, il ne sentit point 
qu’il eut d’autre prison que celle oil le contragnoit l’element sur 
lequel il voguoit, quoy qu’il fust observe par quatre Gardes qui 
avoient ordre de ne le point laisser mettre pied h terre en Europe.’ 
(Rennefort, livre iii. chap. xii.). On landing at Port Louis, M. de 
Mondevergue was imprisoned in the Chateau de Saumur, where he 
shortly afterwards died, it was said, of chagrin; but from Colbert’s 
letters it would appear that his death had been expected, if not 
wished for, and as he had from 10,000 to 12,000 livres of diamonds 
in his possession, these jewels precipitated his death. Vide Colbert 
Lettres , iii 2 . p. 524. According to Lespinay the Mariee left Fort 
Dauphin on the 6th February. Op. cit. p. 33. 
P. 45. March 1671 , Dubois embarked, in the ‘Navarre,’ Admiral, to 
proceed to Bourbon.—The fleet sailed on the nth April. Cf. Lespinay, 
op. cit. p. 38. 
P. 48. Village near Fort Dauphin.—The village of Iaramamy, 
inhabited by the Bara Manambia on the borders of Antandroy, 
north-west of Fort Dauphin. It was photographed by Dr. Catat on 
the 28th June 1890. 
P. 49. Names of the Island of Madagascar.—‘ L’isle Sainct Laurens 
est par les Geographes nommee Madagascar, par les habitans du 
