The modern part of An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time, Volume 9C. Bathurst, J. F. and C. Rivington, A. Hamilton, T. Payne, T. Longman, S. Crowder, B. Law, T. Becket, J. Robson, F. Newbery, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. and T. Bowles, S. Bladon, J. Murray, and W. Fox., 1781 |
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Adrianople affairs affiftance Afia againſt alfo alſo Amurat army Bâ-yezîd Batavia becauſe befides befieged caufe Chineſe Chriftian Cineis coaft company's confequence confiderable Conftantinople defign defire dominions Dukas Dutch Eaft India company Eaſt emperor Epirus eſtabliſhment Europe faid fame fecurity feized fend fent fervice fettled feven feveral fhall fhewed fhips fhould fide fiege filk fince firft firſt fituation flain fmall foldiers foltân fome foon French ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fums governor Hiftoire des Indes Hiftorique hiftory himſelf houſes ifland Indes Orientales Indies inhabitants intereft Kallipolis Khân Khio king laft likewife majefty meaſure minifters moft Mohammed Morâd Morea moſt neceffary occafion Oftend company Othmân paffed pany perfons poffeffion Pondicherry port Portugueſe prefent prince prince Cantemir promifed Prufa raiſed reaſon refided refolved refpect reft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Thrace trade Tranquebar treaty treaty of Hanover trois Vaiffeaux Turkish Turks uſe veffels
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Page 239 - ... their governor and put him into a dungeon, where he died of 'hunger and grief.
Page 237 - ... abundance of rivers and rivulets, with which the country is plentifully watered : fo that the foil, though not very deep, is wonderfully fruitful, producing Turkey corn and rice twice a-year, and the latter in great abundance.
Page 89 - ... gate, which they foon opened, to receive the reft of their army ; who, as foon as they were entered, gave...
Page 4 - Bantam revolted, assumed the title of king, and was supported in this quality of an independent prince by the Dutch. It was by a dexterous management of these divisions that they maintained their own power ; for whenever the Emperor of Java...
Page 96 - Malabar rice will not keep above three months out of the hulk, but in the hufk it will keep a year. The country produces great quantities of pepper, but lighter than that which grows more northerly. Their woods afford good teak for building, and angelique and pawbeet for making large chefts and cabinets, which are carried all over the weft coafts of India.
Page 56 - Every Indian nation at Batavia. has its head, or chief, who takes care of its interefts ; but he has not the power of deciding any thing that is confiderable', and his function, properly fpeaking, regards only the affairs of their religion, and any flight controverfies that may arife among his countrymen m. In order to give a clear idea of the manner in which thefe people live at Batavia, it will be proper to fay fomewhat of each of thefe Indian nations, and of their different manners of employing...
Page 117 - But amongft the mountains, about twenty miles off, feldom a morning palTes without a moderate fhower, which makes the valleys very fertile in fruit and corn, fuch as the foil will bear ; but they have no rice, though plenty of barley and wheat. Since the Immaum made Mocha the chief port of his dominions, and a free port, it is become a place of great trade ; for, befides the Dutch factory, and one belonging to the...
Page 57 - Amboynefe addict themfelves to building of houfes with bamboos, the windows of which are made of fplit cane, very neatly wrought in different figures. They are a very bold, boifterous people, and fo turbulent, that they are not fufFered to live in the city, but have their quarter near the Chinefe burying-ground w. They have a chief, to whom they pay the greateft fubmiffion, and he has a very magnificent houfe in their quarter, and well furnimed after their manner. Then" arms are for the moft part...
Page 96 - Dutch forbid all veffels or boats to enter at Cranganore : and at Couchin the channel is about a quarter of a mile broad, but very deep, though the bar has not above 14 feet water at fpring tides.
Page 237 - ... they have one or two every year, which purge and cleanfe the air fo as to render it highly falubrious ; the certainty of which is thus diftinguifhed, that when they fail of making their annual...