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vision for the garrison, and destitute of almost every comfort and 

 necessary of life; what then must have been our feelings when 

 we were obliged to pass within view of the blockaded fortress, with- 

 out affording relief to himself and his brave comrades! 



Among the deceased Mr. Cruso's papers, at present in my 

 possession, is a very interesting account of the siege of Onore, by 

 Tippoo Sultaun's army, and the sufferings of the garrison, which 

 he was fully competent to describe, from his situation as chief 

 surgeon of the hospital in that fortress, at this memorable period. 

 He was afterwards intrusted with a packet of materials, for the 

 purpose of drawing up a history of the campaign under the com- 

 mand of General Mathews, when ordered to make a diversion in 

 favour of the British operations in the Carnatic, by an attack on 

 the nabob's settlements on the Malabar coast. These documents 

 were too imperfect for such a history; but from the writer's per- 

 sonal knowledge of the perseverance and sufferings of the Onore 

 garrison, he was enabled, from those documents and the papers 

 furnished by major Torriano, to frame a faithful and connected 

 detail of that memorable siege. It contains an excellent account 

 of Asiatic operations, as well as some peculiar traits of oriental 

 military character, differing from any in the preceding pages. I 

 have selected the most interesting passages from those munuscripts, 

 as a valuable acquisition, which I could not otherwise have ob- 

 tained. The courage and conduct displayed by the commanding 

 officer and his gallant comrades, throughout this eventful period, 

 are their best panegyric; and in Mr. Cruso's full detail, he modestly 

 hopes he may not have obscured, what it was out of his power to 

 brighten. 



