This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...the private purses of the members of the Council of Hougly." He also writes--"Hougly, which lends its name to Chinsurah, is a Moorish Fort, a short half an hour's walk higher np. It is not very defensible, and has little worthy of observation within it, except the house of the fautdar, and the stables for his elephants ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...the private purses of the members of the Council of Hougly." He also writes--"Hougly, which lends its name to Chinsurah, is a Moorish Fort, a short half an hour's walk higher np. It is not very defensible, and has little worthy of observation within it, except the house of the fautdar, and the stables for his elephants." Stavorinus gives an interesting account of a short struggle with the natives which took place in 1769. The Dutch director not having paid the customs duties due for a considerable time, the faujdar sent a chobdar to demand them. The Dutch director had the chobdar flogged. The faujdar then seized all goods coming down to Chinsura by river, and invested the place with a force of ten or twelve thousand on the land side, as well as by river. This was done by order of the Viceroy, Mahomed Eeza Khan. The investment only lasted thirteen days, from 3rd to 15th October 1769, but during this short period many are said to have died of starvation, there being no stock of provisions in the place. The blockade was raised on the intervention of the English, at the request of the Dutch Council, who promised to pay the amount due. Stavorinus states that famine was very bad at Chinsura in 1769. Presumably this refers to the time of the investment, though not directly so stated. Small-pox was also very prevalent at the time of his visit, the Dutch director F dying of that disease in May 1770. Stavurinus only gives tie initial F. Toynbee states that the period from 1770 to 1780 was that when Dutch trade was in its most flourishing state. The peace of the country was kept by the English, and the Dutch had hardly any military expenses. The chief profit of the Dutch was derived, not so much from their trade with Europe, as from the export of opium ...
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