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160 treets. The Governor of Madras makes a plendid appearance, and his viual guard is upwards of an hnndredhundred [sic] Black men: when he goes abroad on any public occaion, he is attended by trumpets, fifes, and drums, with treamers flying, and accompanied by: his Principal Officers on hore-back, and their ladies in palanguins.

Having returned to Madapallam at the appointed time, we continued our voyage till we came within view of the Cape of Good Hope, and met with no extraordinary occurrence on the paage. We aw everal kinds of the finny inhabitants of the liquid element decription of which I mut here omit, as