Crustacians

Scylla tranquebarica (excellent food! - should be served in hotel restaurants)

Insects

Cicindela tranquebarica (a tiger beetle)

Apoderus tranquebaricus (a weevil)

Land plants

Centranthera tranquebarica

Dolichos tranquebaricus

Sea weeds

Sargassum tenue f. tranquebarense

Notably mollusc shells should be on display at the Fort Museum (as in the Museum in Pondicherry) and “Tranquebar plants” should be grown in a small garden next to the Museum

24.      THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSE

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View of Governor's House - the roof does not give much protection during rains

Findings

The Governor’s House is due for rehabilitation. It is dilapidated beyond recognition with a fallen roof and overgrown with ferns and strangler-figs. Rehabilitation will be funded, organised and supervised by the Danish National Museum.
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