A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.43

v1.c13.43

² According to a letter from the Carwar factory, this fleet consisted of eighty-five frigates and three great ships. By the frigates are probably meant, the small vessels with one mast, from 30 to 150 tons burthen, common on the Malabar coast; and by the great ships, three masted vessels.