The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago by John Biddulph
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when it was brought to an end by a happy combination of arms and diplomacy.
On Shooter's Hill, adjoining Woolwich Common, the tower of Severndroog, erected by James's widow to commemorate his great achievement, forms a conspicuous landmark in the surrounding country. Here, in sight of the spot where the bones of Kidd and his associates long hung in chains as a terror to evil-doers, there still lingers a breath of that long struggle against the Angrian pirates, and of its triumphant conclusion. "This far-seen monumental tow'r Records the achievements of the brave, And Angria's subjugated pow'r, Who plundered on the Eastern wave." _"Walks through London," David Hughson_. [1] Properly Suvarna Droog, 'the Golden Fortress.' [2] Bankote was made over on the 6th December, and the British flag hoisted there on the 10th January, 1756. [3] Three three-masted ships carrying twenty guns each; nine two-masted, carrying from twelve to sixteen guns; thirteen gallivats, carrying from six to ten guns; thirty others unclassed; two on the stocks, one of them pierced for forty guns. * * * * * |
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