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lave stood firm to their duty, 

 not a man has deserted him 5 and 

 so fai.hful have his subjects been 

 that our generals have been 

 unable to obtain intelligenr- , 

 either of the movements of the 

 different parties belonging to 

 ourselves. Our troops have 

 been wandering like men in a 

 mist, and have not known of 

 the approach of either friends 

 or foes, till they came within 

 sight of each other; while Tip- 

 poo has had the best intelligence 

 of all our movements on every 

 occasion. It now appears that 

 this ferocious monster, as we 

 have been arcujtomed to call 

 liim, is a kind and aiTcctionate 

 *on, and an indulgent master, 

 that he has been busied during 

 his whole reign in protecting 

 the lower orders of his people 

 from the ruinous gripe of gran- 

 dees, and in promoting manu- 

 factures and agriculture in his 

 dominions, in which he has 

 succeeded in a manner unex- 

 ampled in Europe, even not 

 excepting the great Frederick 

 himself. This will appear from 

 the following private letter 

 brought from India by the Swal- 

 low packet, written by an eye 

 witnefs, and communicated by 

 a friend. It gives, besides, a 

 view of generallhip on our side, 

 that cannot fail to command the 

 adtniration of gentlemen in the 

 army ; yet this is the man whom 

 every Bririru subject, in idea, 

 talks of extermitiati/tg with as 

 mi.ch indifference as we would 



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talk of plucking up a thistle 

 by the root ; and all this for 

 what ? To satisSy the caprice 

 of a banditti who are eager to 

 (hare in the spoils. Who is to 

 supprefs the ravages of the Mah- 

 rattas after Tippoo Qiall be ex- 

 tirpated ? This is a question 

 that requires at least a serious 

 discufsion, which it seems not 

 yet to have obtained, either in 

 India or ip Britain. 



Extract of a letter from Ban- 

 galore, Sept. 19. 1791. 

 You will perceive by the 

 Madras courier, that though 

 little decisive has been done 

 sinee the capture of Bangalore, 

 yet that Tippoo is now nearly 

 vanquiflied •, the lofs of tliat 

 fort ruined iiim, and our getting 

 pofsefsion of it may be looked, 

 upon as one of those fortunate 

 circumstances which decide the 

 fate of an empire. I say for- 

 tunate 5 for we had no riglit to 

 expect it ; and, in all probabili- 

 ty, Tippoo would than have re- 

 duced us to the lowest ebb. ITie 

 fort is a large oval, with thick 

 high ramparts, and a very deep 

 and dry ditch around, except 

 at the two ejctremities, where 

 the gate-ways are. At each 

 end there are five gate-waySj 

 inclosed in a large square pro- \ 

 jection, with towers, ramparts, 

 'Is'c. which was thought by 

 Tippoo to be very strong; here 

 the ditch was discontinued. We 

 had for a lon;i time breached 

 one of the curtains, but found 



