in Hindustan, a seaport-town in the British district of Canara, within the limits of the presidency of Madras. The place is of importance from its presenting greater natural advantages as a port than most others on the western coast of India, between Bombay and Cochin. It has accordingly been selected as the port of shipment for the cotton wool produced in the southern Mahratta country and the Madras collectorate of Bellary. These districts contain the principal cotton marts of the south of India, and an easy communication between them and the coast has been recently opened by means of an excellent road measuring upwards of 130 miles in length. A headland protects the roadstead from the N.W. wind, which usually prevails during the shipping season, and hence the bay is comparatively calm at that time of the year. It is however exposed to the S.W. monsoon, after the commencement of which it is unsafe for country vessels to remain there. Distance from Bombay S.E. 328 miles. Lat. 14. 26., Long. 74. 29.