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THE TRAVELS OF
ſtreets. The Governor of Madras makes a ſplendid appearance, and his viſual guard is upwards of an hnndred Black men: when he goes abroad on any public occaſſion, he is attended by trumpets, fifes, and drums, with ſtreamers flying, and accompanied by: his Principal Officers on horſe-back, and their ladies in palanguins.
Having returned to Madapallam at the appointed time, we continued our voyage till we came within view of the Cape of Good Hope, and met with no extraordinary occurrence on the paſſage. We ſaw ſeveral kinds of the finny inhabitants of the liquid element deſcription of which I muſt here omit, as unin-
