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 THE HINDUS SUBMIT TO THE POETUGUESE 233 self into the fortress, and sent his submission to Af onso Dalboquerque, holding himself to be a subject of the King of Portugal, and D. Antonio returned to Goa, and passed up the river with the large ships, and gave an account of what had taken place to his uncle, and how AN OLD PORTUGUESE FORT NEAR 8ANJAN. he had set fire to four vessels which the Humes had in the river at Banda.' Of a more descriptive character is the account of the province of Malabar, and the statements concerning the manners and customs of the people are worthy of citation and may be compared with some of the descrip- tions by the other writers quoted in this volume. 1 The Province of Malabar commences at the port of Maceirao, close to Mangalore, and reaches as far as the Cape of Comorin in the interior country, bounded