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polls of ftrength. He was then proclamed Nabob of the Car- 

 natic, and exercifed all the marks of fovereign power *. At 

 length the genms of Mr. Hastings reftored the declining 

 flate of the Carnaiic. Forces were detached from Colonel 

 Goddard'?, army in Guzerat\ and others from Bengal^ under the 

 celebrated Coote, who was appointed commander in chief, and 

 by a feries of unparalleled victories, before related, was both 

 fword and fliield to the re-animated country. 



Great is the deftrudtion in Europe by the various effects of Havoke of 



. r 1 <- • 1 i-r r 1 1 /-I, , Indiam War. 



war, the Ivvord, ramine and dileaie : but how fmall are they 

 in comparifon of the fame fcourge when inflicled on the inha- 

 bitants of Hindoojlan. Let it be exemplified in the dreadful 

 inroad juft recited, as given by a writer of the firft authority t. 

 In 1781, perilled within xhejagbire of the Carnatic 150,000 

 1782, by ficknefs at Madras - - - - 20,000 

 1782, inhabitants of Madras by famine - - io,coo 

 1782, at iVf<:7(;/r^j", inhabitants of the country forced 



in by Ayder _ - _ _ 50,000 



1782, died in removing northward in confequence 



of the famine - _ _ _ _ ^Ojooo 

 1782, feized and carried from the Carnatic^ ma- 

 nufacturers and youths _ _ _ 20;0C0 

 1782, deftroyed during the war in different parts 



of the Carnatic ----- 250,000 



540,000 



* War in Afia, p. 171 ; fome fay that Tippoo Saeb was fo proclamed. 

 t Hon. Charles Grevillcj ii. p. 521, 



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