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THE HINDUS SUBMIT TO THE PORTUGUESE
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self into the fortress, and sent his submission to Afonso Dalboquerque, holding himself to be a subject of the King of Portugal, and D. Antonio returned to Goa, and passed up the river with the large ships, and gave an account of what had taken place to his uncle, and how he had set fire to four vessels which the Rumes had in the river at Banda.'

AN OLD PORTUGUESE FORT NEAR SANJAN.

Of a more descriptive character is the account of the province of Malabar, and the statements concerning the manners and customs of the people are worthy of citation and may be compared with some of the descriptions by the other writers quoted in this volume.

'The Province of Malabar commences at the port of Maceirão, close to Mangalore, and reaches as far as the Cape of Comorin in the interior country, bounded

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