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Art. XVII. — Description of the Sea-Ports on the Coast of Malabar, of the Facilities they afford for Building Vessels of different Descriptions, and of the Produce of the adjacent Forests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

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My first paper being descriptive of the various vessels of India, on the coasts of Malabar and Ceylon, I shall now proceed to describe the sea-ports, and the resources of the forests, on the coast of Malabar; and also, the facilities for building vessels of different descriptions, particularly at the port of Cochin, and those places which I have visited during my residence of five years in the country.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1835

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References

* Exchange 8¾ rupees the pound sterling.

page 330 note 1 Rupees per candy of twelve English cube.

page 336 note 1 See the second Number of the Royal Asiatic Society's Journal, p. 171.

page 341 note 1 See Matyalore vessels, in the first Number of the Royal Asiatic Society's Journal.

* To this sum 12 per cent must be added for port charges, if not for the use of his Majesty's service.

page 344 note 1 For further particulars see the Tables of Spars.

page 357 note 1 See cut, p. 358.

page 359 note 1 See sketch, page 358.

page 359 note 2 Experience proves, that teak ships, if kept in India, or within the tropics, in actual service, would, at the end of seven or fourteen years, be in a better state than if kept in ordinary, subject to the changes of the climate of England.

page 361 note 1 Damah is a resin used as a substitute for pitch for the seams of ships after caulking, &c. It is prepared with oil.

page 362 note 1 See my description of the native vessels of India, Royal Asiatic Society's Journal, Vol. I.

page 365 note 1 See “Description of Indian Vessels,” Journal It. A. S. vol. i. p. 8.