Pond i cherry

(173), a small French colony on the E. coast of India, 53 m. S. of Madras; was first occupied in 1674. It was captured by the Dutch in 1693, and by the English succe ively in 1761, 1778, and 1793, but on each occasion restored. The capital, Pond i cherry (41), is the capital of the French po e ions in India; has handsome tree-lined streets, government buildings, college, lighthouse, cotton mills, and dye-works. The harbour is an open roadstead; trade is small, the chief export oil seeds.