private interest with that of the rebellious nabobs or viceroys, made themselves masters of several provinces also: and thus this mighty empire, notwithstanding its greatness, its monstrous extent, and its riches, sunk back into its former insignificance. After this period nothing but war and contention prevailed in _Carnate_, _Tanjaur_, _Gingi_, _Madura_, and _Maissur_, and in all the provinces, of which I shall soon give a more particular account. The first province on the coast of _Ciòlamandala_, which begins in the south-west, and extends towards the north-east, is _Marava_, the capital of which, having the same name, is situated, according to M. De la Tour, in the latitude of 9° 35′ north; as appears by the map which he published at Paris, in 1770, under the title of _Theatre de la Guerre dans l’Inde_. This map, which was constructed with great accuracy on the coast of _Ciòlamandala_, exhibits with much clearness and precision the different districts, cities, and rivers in the theatre of the war carried on by the English, French and Indians against each other, as well as the boundaries of these districts, and the principal roads through them. It was constructed by order of the French government for the trial of Count Lally, who had been governor of _Puduceri_. I consider it as much more correct than the map of the Brahmans, which Anquetil du Perron has inserted under the title of _Portion d’une Carte du Sud de la presqu’Isle de l’Inde, faite par des Brahmes_, in the first part of his _Récherches Historiques et Geographiques sur l’Inde_, published at Berlin in 1786. The Brahmans were unprovided with good astronomical instruments, and consequently not in a condition to construct an accurate map.