HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
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Narrative of the Proceedings of Tippoo Sultaun’s Ambassadors. 
The following Circumstances were taken down , as dictated by Ripaud , on board the 
Vessel , on the 27th of Zauhree, 1225, of Mahommed, answering to the 1 §th of 
December , 1797. 
It has been ordered by the sacred Presence, that (we) must bring thirty thousand 
horse and forty thousand infantry, one hundred guns and mortars, with their equip¬ 
ments and artillery men, to join the French force. Provisions, carriage, convey¬ 
ance, and military stores, shall be furnished by the Khoodadaud Sirkar. This article 
was not brought forward. 
That we should forward as great a number of Europeans as we can, together with 
twenty or thirty thousand men of colour, who know their exercise well, and com¬ 
manded by experienced officers. 
That the generals who may be sent' on the part of the French be masters of their 
profession, such as General Magalon: and as our king is better versed in the 
systems of India, the French Generals must consult with him, and carry on opera¬ 
tions against the enemy, in concert with him. 
Whatever may be taken in this war from the enemies of our king and the re¬ 
public, such as towns, forts, factories, effects, ships and vessels, money, &c. or 
whatever cash or treasure be taken from nations in subjection to them; all these 
must be divided into two equal parts, one half for our king, and the other for the 
republic; excepting the country of the Khoodadaud Sirkar, which the English for¬ 
merly wrested by force of arms; such country will be retained by the Sirkar, and 
the French are to have no share in it. 
Should the French republic be desirous of making peace with the English, they 
are not to conclude such peace without our king being comprehended therein; be¬ 
cause, after the treaty of alliance, the enemies of the republic will be still the ene¬ 
mies of our king, and it would be inconsistent withffriendship and justice not to 
include him in the peace. 
Should any one in the service of the Khoodadaud Sirkar enter the French camp, 
and commit any outrage, let him be apprehended and sent to the Presence, in order 
that he may be punished according to the forms of the Khoodadaud Sirkar; and, 
in the same manner, should any one of the French army enter the camp of our king. 
