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The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman
by John Biddulph
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Title: The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago
Author: John Biddulph
Release Date: March 2, 2004 [EBook #11399]
Language: English
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THE PIRATES OF MALABAR AND AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN INDIA TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
[Illustration: MAHRATTA GRABS AND GALLIVATS ATTACKING AN ENGLISH SHIP.]
THE PIRATES OF MALABAR AND AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN INDIA TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
BY COLONEL JOHN BIDDULPH
1907
PREFACE
For most people, interest in the doings of our forefathers in India dates from our wars with the French in the middle of the eighteenth century. Before then their lives are generally supposed to have been spent in monotonous trade dealings in pepper and calico, from which large profits were earned for their masters in England, while their principal excitements were derived from drinking and quarrelling among themselves. Little account has been taken of the tremendous risks and difficulties under which th