Oriental Scenery/Part 2/Plate 7
No. VII.
SOUTH EAST VIEW OF FORT ST. GEORGE, MADRAS.
This view is taken on the beach southward of the Fort of Madras; the larger building to the right of the flag-staff is the new exchange, and the higher one to the left is the church, to which a spire has been added since the taking of this view in the year 1793, when the other five views of Madras were likewise drawn. In the distance is seen part of the Madras roads; and in the foreground the sea breaking in with its usual turbulency on this coast; the only vessels in use for passing through this surge to communicate with the shipping, are called Massoola boats. They are flat bottomed, and built without iron, the planks being sewed together with line made from the outer coat of the cocoa nut.
Madras lies in lat. 13° 5” north, long. 80° 25” east.
South East View of Fort St. George, Madras.