an island of Indostan, formed about six miles north-west of Trinchipoly by the river Cavery, which divides itself into two branches: that to the northward takes the name of Coleroon, but the southern branch preserves its old name the Cavery. Each of these rivers, after a course of about 90 miles, empty themselves into the sea; the Coleroon at Deviottah, and the Cavery near Tranquebar, at about 20 miles distance from one another. In this island, facing Trinchipoly, stood a famous pagoda surrounded by seven square walls of stone, 25 feet high and four feet thick. The space between the outward and second walls measured 310 feet, and so proportionably of the rest. Each inclosure had four large gates, with a high tower; which were placed, one in the middle of each side of the inclosure, and opposite to the four cardinal points. The outward wall was about four miles in circumference, and its gateway to the south was ornamented with pillars, some of which were single stones 33 feet in length and five in diameter; while those that formed the roof were still larger; and in the inmost inclosure were the chapels.—About half a mile to the east was another large pagoda called Jambikristna, which had but one inclosure.

The pagoda of Seringham was held in great veneration, from a belief that it contained the identical image