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tho East India Company—Oxondon defends tho Surat
factory against an attack by Sivaji—Death of Oxondon
—Gerald Aungicr’s successful administration of Bombay
—Present grandeur of tho city .... 250-273
CHAPTER XVI rr.—THE ENGLISH ON THE EAST
COAST OF INDIA
Tho first expedition to Bongal—Gabriel Boughton, a
friend at Court, obtains trading facilities for tho Com­
pany—Factories established at Balasor, Cassimbazar
and Patna in subordination to Hooghly—Sir Edward
Winter’s coup d’etat at Madras—George Foxcroft,
the President, imprisoned—Expedition to restore the
status quo—Winter surrenders—Sir William Langhornc’s .
mission ........ 274-282

CHAPTER XIX.—THE ARCH INTERLOPER—
THOMAS PTTT
Interlopers in the Bay of Bengal—Thomas Pitt, a lead­
ing member of the fraternity—Governor Hedge’s discre­
tion of an interloping party ashore—Pitt’s trading ven­
tures—He defies the Company—He returns to England
and is arrested and fined—Reappears in India—The
Company makes terms with him and appoints him
president of Fort St. George (Madras)—His adminis­
tration—The Pitt diamond and its history—Last years
in England—Pitt’s character .... 283-289

CHAPTER XX.—JOB CHARNOCK FOUNDS CAL­
CUTTA
Expedition to Bengal to exact redress for wrongs inflicted
upon the English—Job Charnock assigned the post of
honour—His career—Charnock sacks Hooghly—Evacu­
ation of Hooghly and temporary occupation of Sutanuti,
tho modern Calcutta—Subsequent removal to Hijili—
Attack by Mogul troops—Gallant defence—Dire straits
of the garrison—Welcome reinforcements—Peace con­
cluded—Return of the English to Sutanuti—Charnock in
disgrace—New expedition under Heath—Its failure—
English retire to Madras—Aro invited back to Bengal
—Calcutta founded—Charnock’s last days—His charac­
ter 290-308