PALICAUD, or PALGATCHERRY, a fortress of
considerable strength in India, which commands the
passage between the two coasts of Malabar and Cor-
mandel, by way of the Tritchinopoly and Coimbettore
countries: there is also a communication with it thro'
the Naye country. It is in the hands of the English;
and is of great importance to them, because, as Coim-
bettore is in the hands of Tippoo, by our holding
this place on the west, and Dindigul on the east of
Coimbettore, the province is rendered of little use to
Tippoo in time of war, unless he keeps a very large
force there to protect it. See Memoir of a Map of
the Peninsula of India by Major Rennel.