Our uncle Colin was imprisoned there for four years, and he was afterwards distinguished at the siege.

I remember that there was, in a shop-window at Clapham, a daub of the taking of Seringapatam, which, as a boy, I often used to stare at with the greatest interest.

I was delighted to have an opportunity of seeing the place; and, though my expectations were high, they were not disappointed.
"The town is depopulated; but the fortress, which was one of the strongest in India, remains entire.

A river almost as broad as the Thames at Chelsea breaks into two branches, and surrounds the walls, above which are seen the white minarets of a mosque.

We entered, and found everything silent and desolate.