a populous town of Asia in the East Indies, and on the coast of Coromandel, in the dominions of the Great Mogul. It carried on a great trade, and most nations in Europe had factories here; but the English have now left it, and even the Dutch themselves have not above a dozen people here to carry on the chintz trade. The inhabitants are Gentos, who will not feed on any thing that has life; and they had a famous manufacture of chintz, which is greatly decayed since the English left off buying. The Great Mogul has a customhouse here; and the adjacent countries abound in corn, tobacco, and timber for building. It is seated on the west side of the bay of Bengal, 200 miles north of Fort St George. E. Long. 81. 25. N. Lat. 16. 30.