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Collegiate School of Connection—this led to the founda-
tion of the University that bears the name of Yale. The
first marriage to be performed in St. Mary's church wa's
that of Elihu Yale with the daughter of a local merchant;

the couple lost their small son, David, aged two. His
tomb in the old cemetery represents a link, stretching
across an ocean and a continent, between Madras and
far-off Boston. ' '

Of the villages that once surrounded G-eorge Town
and that are now a part of the city, Triplicane was
famous for its beautiful temple to Vishnu already in the
eighth century. Mylapore is mentioned by the Graeco-
Eoman geographer, Ptolemy, in the century immediately
after Christ—its temple is of great antiquity. Adyar is
famed for its Theosophical Society. Arab mariners of
the tenth century knew of San Thome that appears to
be the earliest place of Christian worship on the east
coast and its foundation is attributed to St. Thomas
the Apostle who suffered martyrdom on or near
St. Thomas' Mount. Like a heartline broad Mount
Eoad runs from Fort St. George to the Mount of
St. Thomas.

The vast artificial harbour of Madras occupies over
a mile of that long stretch of white sand of the beach.
In the shimmer of a summer's day, the white, burning
sands conjure up the Sahara; but with the turn of the
breeze in the evening, crowds slowly come here to sit at
their favourite spots, to sing, or to stroll to the incessant
moaning of the "wave. Almost at twilight the multi-
coloured saris, the gaily dressed children, and the dark
green casuarinas dotted along the sands present an
enchanting scene»