a province of Hindostan, on the coast of Malabar. The inhabitants are Gentoes, or Pagans; and there is a pagod or temple, called Ramtrut, which is visited every year by a great number of pilgrims. Here the custom of burning the wives with their husbands had its beginning, and is practised to this day. The country, before it fell into the hands of the British, was generally governed by a woman, who kept her court at a town called Baydor, two days journey from the sea. She might marry whom she pleased; and was not obliged to burn with her husband, like her female subjects. They are so good observers of their laws, that a robbery or murder is scarce ever heard of among them. The lower grounds yield every year two crops of corn or rice; and the higher produce pepper, betel-nuts, sanders wood, iron, and steel. The climate is fine, though subject to heavy rains during a great portion of the year. The surface is rocky and uneven, but produces a great abundance of vegetables. The inhabitants live in ease and comfort, though they are subjected to an enormous land tax of 60 per cent.