SERINGAPATAM, in lat. 12° 25' 33" N., and lung. 713° 43' 8" E., in Mysore, is built on an island in the Cauvery river, 3 miles long and 1 mile broatL The mean height of the station is 2558 feet ; tile level of the Cauvery is 2321 feet. The fort is placed at the upper end of the island. It is a large irregular fortification, protected on two sides by the river ; the complete Hindu name is Sri-ranga-patana. One canal is carried across the western branch of the river Cauvery 40 feet above its level. The existing fortifications were almost entirely constructed by Tipu. In 1791, Lord Cornwallis, the Governor - General, com manding in person, advanced up to the walls, but was compelled to retire through want of pro visions. In the following year, fith February 1792, he won a decisive victory in the field, and had invested the city on all sides, when Tipu purchased peace by the cession of half his dominions. Filially, the fort was stormed, led by Sir David Baird under General Ilarris, 4th May 1799, and Tipu fell in the breach. The siege was
begun in April of that year with a powerful battering train, runt the assault was delivered after a bombardment of nearly one month's dura tion. The place is malarious, which the natives attribute to the destruction of the sweet flag, a plant to which they assign extraordinary virtue as a febrifuge. The fort stands at the upper or western cud of the island. At the eastern end is the Lal Bagh, containing a mausoleum built by Tipu Sultan for his father Ilyder Ali, in which Tipu himself also lies. It is a square building, with dome and minarets, surrounded by a corridor, which is supported by pillars of black trap. The double doors, inlaid with ivory, were the gift of Lori] Dalhousie. The inscription on the tombstone of Tipia relates how he (lied a martyr to !shun. Ead of the two tombs is covered with a crimson pall, and the expenses of the place are defrayed by the British Indian Government.—Imp. Goz.