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MANGALORE , a seaport of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, administrative headquarters of the See also:

South See also:

KANARA, or CANARA

Kanara See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

MADRAS

Madras, and ter-minus of the See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

LINE

line of the Madras railway. Pop. (Igor), 44,108. The 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 is formed by the backwater of two small See also:

rivers. Vessels ride in 24 to 30 ft. of See also:

WATER

water, and load from and unload into lighters: The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exports are See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, coco-See also:

nut products, See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

rice and spices. Mangalore clears and exports all the coffee of See also:

COORG (an anglicized corruption of Kodagu, said to be derived from the Kanarese Kudu, " steep," " hilly ")

Coorg, and trades directly with See also:

ARABIA

Arabia and the See also:

Persian Gulf. There is a small See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding 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. The See also:

TOWN

town has a large See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

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

population, with a See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

bishop, several churches, a See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent and a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college. It is the headquarters of the See also:

Basel Lutheran See also:

MISSION

mission, which possesses one of the most active See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing presses in See also:

SOUTHERN

southern India, and has also successfully introduced the See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries of See also:

WEAVING

weaving and the manufacture of tiles. Two colleges (See also:

Government and St Aloysius) are situated here. Mangalore was gallantly defended by See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

John See also:

Campbell of the 42nd See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment from May 6, 1783, to See also:

JANUARY

January 30, 1784, with a See also:

garrison of r85o men, of whom 412 were See also:

ENGLISH

English, against Tippoo See also:

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

Sultan's whole See also:

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