a town of the East Indies, on the coast of Coromandel on this side the Ganges; the best French settlement in these parts. It was taken by the Dutch in 1693; but rendered back by the treaty of Ryswick. It was taken by the British in the last war; and the fortifications were demolished. The country on which it stands is low, and the vessels are obliged to come to an anchor a mile and a half from it; not even boats or canoes could come within musket-shot of it, so that the black Indians were obliged to carry their merchandizes and other things to the factory in flat-bottomed boats. The factory stood on a barren spot, inasmuch that there is hardly a worse on the whole coast; but it was chosen because it is difficult to be attacked on the side of the sea. E. Long. So. 14. N. Lat. 12. 26.