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cloth, 6,029,304. the making of cigars, and the cultivation of ilang-ilang-trees The district of Malabar extends for 145 M. along the coast, (Cananga odorata) for their See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, from which a See also:

FINE

fine perfume See also:

RUNNING

running inland to the Ghats with a breadth varying from is distilled; ilang-ilang is one of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal exports, mostly 70 to 25 M. The administrative headquarters are at See also:

CALICUT

Calicut. to See also:

France. Tagalog and See also:

SPANISH

Spanish are the principal See also:

LANGUAGES

languages. See also:

AREA

Area, J795 sq. m. Malabar is singularly diversified in its See also:

MALABON

Malabon was formerly known as Tambbbong.

configuration; from the eastward, the See also:

GREAT

great range of the Western MALACCA, a See also:

TOWN

town on the See also:

west coast of the See also:

MALAY

Malay Peninsula, in Ghats, only interrupted by the See also:

PALGHAT

Palghat See also:

gap, looks down on a 20 14' N., 102° 12' E., which, with the territory lying immediately See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country broken by See also:

long spurs, extensive ravines, dense forests around and behind it forms one of the Straits Settlements, and and tangled See also:

JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle. To the westward, gentler slopes and See also:

DOWNS

downs, gives its name to the Straits which See also:

DIVIDE

divide See also:

SUMATRA

Sumatra from the and gradually widning valleys closely cultivated, succeed the Malay Peninsula. Its name, which is more correctly transliterforest uplands, tiff, nearer the seaboard, the See also:

low See also:

LATERITE (Lat. later, a brick)

laterite table- ated mehika, is that of a See also:

SPECIES

species of jungle See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, and is also See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne lands shelve into See also:

rice plains and backwaters fringed with coco- by the small See also:

RIVER

river on the right See also:

BANK

bank of which the old Dutch See also:

nut palms. The coast runs in a See also:

south-easterly direction, and town stands. The Dutch town is connected by a See also:

BRIDGE

bridge with forms a few headlands and small bays, with a natural See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour the business See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter on the See also:

LEFT

left bank, which is inhabited almost in the south at Cochin. In the south there is considerable exclusively by See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, Eurasians and See also:

MALAYS

Malays. extent of table-See also:

LAND

land. The mountains of the Western Ghats run Malacca, now a somnolent little town, a favourite resort of almost parallel to the coast, and vary from 3000 to 7000 ft. See also:

rich Chinese who have retired from business, is visited by few in height. One of the most characteristic features of Malabar See also:

SHIPS

ships and is the least important of the three British settlements is an all but continuous See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of lagoons or backwaters lying on the Straits which give their name to the See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony. It has, parallel to the coast, which have been formed by the See also:

ACTION

action however, a remarkable See also:

HISTORY

history. The precise date of its of the waves and See also:

SHORE

shore currents in obstructing the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation cannot be ascertained, but there is strong See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason the See also:

rivers. Connected by artificial canals, they form a cheap to believe that this event took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at the earliest in the 14th means of transit; and a large See also:

LOCAL

local trade is carried on by inland See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century.

The See also:

ROMAN

Roman youth Ludovigo Barthema is believed to See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation. Fishing and fishcuring is an important See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. have been the first See also:

EUROPEAN

European to visit it, some See also:

time before 1503; The forests are extensive and of great value, but they are almost and in 1509 Diogo See also:

LOPEZ, CARLOS ANTONIO (1790-1862)

Lopez de Siqueira sailed from See also:

PORTUGAL

Portugal for entirely private See also:

PROPERTY

property. The few tracts which are conserved the See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express purpose of exploiting Malacca. At first he was have come into See also:

government hands by See also:

ESCHEAT (O. Fr. esthete, from escheoir, to fall to one's share; Lat. excidere, to fall out)

escheat or by See also:

contract. hospitably received, but disagreements with the natives ensued See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild animals include the See also:

ELEPHANT

elephant, See also:

tiger, See also:

PANTHER

panther, bison, and word was brought to Siqueira by See also:

MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan, who was one sambhar, spotted See also:

deer, Nilgiri See also:

IBEX

ibex, and See also:

bear. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of his See also:

COMPANY

company, that a treacherous attack was about to be made in 1901 was 2,800,555, showing an increase of 5.6% in the upon his ships. Siqueira then sent a native See also:

man and woman See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. ashore " with an arrow passed through their skulls " to the The See also:

STAPLE

staple See also:

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop is rice, the next most important product See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan, " who was thus informed," says de See also:

BARROS, JOAO DE (1496-1570)

Barros; " through being coco-nuts. See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

Coffee is grown chiefly in the upland See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract his subjects that unless he kept a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch the See also:

TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason which known as the See also:

WYNAAD, or WAINAD

Wynaad, where there are also a few acres under he had perpetrated would be punished with See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire and See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword." See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea. The Madras railway crosses the district and has been The sultan retaliated by arresting Ruy de Araujo, the See also:

FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor, extended from Calicut to See also:

CANNANORE, or KANANORE

Cannanore along the coast. There and twenty other men who were ashore with him See also:

COLLECTING

collecting are eleven seaports, of which the principal are Calicut, Telli- See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo for the ships. Siqueira immediately burned one of his See also:

CHERRY

cherry, Cannanore and Cochin. The principal exports are coffee, vessels and sailed See also:

DIRECT

direct for Portugal. In 1510 Mendez de coco-nut products and See also:

TIMBER

timber.

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