“Guadaloupe,” gwăd-loop. The most important island of the French West Indies.
“Toulon,” tooˈlōnˌ. A seaport of southern France, at the head of a bay of the Mediterranean. It is the largest fort on the Sea, covering 240 acres.
“Boscawen,” bosˈca-wen. (1711-1761.) An English admiral.
“Lagos,” lâˈgoce. On the coast of Portugal.
P. 245.—“Conflans,” kon-flon. (1690-1777.) At this time marshal of France.
“Hawke,” hawk. (1715-1781.) An English admiral. In 1765 he became first lord of the admiralty, and in 1776 was raised to the peerage.
“Chandernagore,” chanˌder-na-gōreˈ; “Pondicherry,” ponˈde-shĕrˌree.
“Clive.” The founder of the British empire in India.
“Coote.” A British general who distinguished himself in wars of India.
“Bengal,” ben-galˈ; “Bahar,” ba-harˈ; “Orissa,” o-risˈsa; “Carnatic,” car-natˈic. Divisions of India at the time of the struggle of the English for possession.