Military Reminscences; Extracted From a Journal of Nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies 2
Military Reminscences; Extracted From a Journal of Nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies 2
Welsh, James, 1775-1861. [from Old Catalog]
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Another ferry, six miles onward, leads across to a bungalow erected by Mr. Baber, in a wild spot for sporting ; but the road beyond Balliapatam is very bad, and totally unfit for wheel carriages. The next stage is Kautcutcherry, a distance of twelve milea; this is a wretched building in jungle, some distance from the sea, and on a back-water with a ferry. We got pea-fowl. See, both stages. Eight miles further is the Fort of Hoosdroog, on the sea-coast; it has been a place of some consequence, i...n days of yore, and is in a delightful situation. A m'de further we found a tolerable resting-place, at a clean village called Adeanoor, with a picturesque little fort, one mile inland, called Poodicottah; VOL. II. N 178 MILITARY [A-D. this is a pleasant place, with a good view of the sea, at a short distance to the left Pushing on in the aflemooo, we came to a place called BeycuU, where there is an ezten- sive fort in ruins, which has been strong. It is built on a rocky cliff, oyerhanging the sea, and commands the shore and country all round.
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