Storia do Mogor 281.28.1

281.28.1

The town of Tevenapatam is about three hundred paces from the fort, towards the north. The Dutch have a factory in the place, and pay the English two and a half per cent, upon all merchandise imported or exported. The place is inhabited by many weavers and cloth-printers, and there is a considerable trade in cloth. Cuddalore is situated to the south of the said fort, having as inhabitants many merchants, weavers, and cloth-printers, like those above referred to. Dependent upon it there are six villages, which pay twelve thousand patacas of rent [i.e., Rs. 24,000] to the company in return for all the grain, et cetera, which their lands produce. This is the place where, in 1698, the English had to defend themselves in war against the Mahomedans. The cause of dispute was as follows: