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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
in the morning, accompanied by de Bay, we went to the powder works, and im¬ 
mediately on our alighting from our palanquins, at the gate, we were saluted with 
twenty-one guns, the soldiers were drawn out in two ranks, while several officers 
came out to meet us, and conducted us to General Malartic and General Sercey, 
who met us at the head of the stairs, and taking our hands, seated us upon chairs, and 
then proposed to shew us the works: we answered, that it was just as they pleased ; 
their pleasure was ours. They immediately rose, and shewed us all the works. We 
then went without the gates, where they directed the artillery-men to fire the mortars 
at the targets, which they did fifteen times. They then requested that we would go 
and see the garden, with the plants of nutmegs and cloves. Sec. On our leaving the 
powder works, we were again saluted with twenty-one guns. We then proceeded 
to the garden, where we remained four hours, and then returned home. The next 
day, General Malartic sent to invite us to go and see some fire-works to be dis¬ 
played that night; accordingly, an hour before the close of the day, we went to the 
place where the fire-works were to be exhibited. The second aid-de-camp, and 
five sirdars, came out to meet us, and conducted us to the upper story; at that time 
both the generals were not present. Having sat till nine o’clock at night, and seen 
the fire-works, we returned home. Two or three days afterwards, they invited us 
to go and see the arsenal, the moody-khauna*, and the iron manufactory, desiring 
that we would come for that purpose at four hours after daylight. We accordingly 
set out, and on our arrival at the gate of the arsenal, the sirdars belonging to the 
establishment, came out to meet us; they shewed us the whole of the establishment 
of muskets, implements of war, balls, Sec. Sec. after which we took our leave. 
The next day, -General Malartic sent a verbal message by-Dewan, inviting 
us to go, at three o’clock in the afternoon, to see the batteries and ordnance. The 
person in command of them, received directions to shew them to us; and we ac¬ 
cordingly set out, accompanied by Monsieur de Bay; and when arrived at the 
batteries, the sirdars of that department came forward, and shewed us the batteries 
and ordnance: they caused several shots to be fired; After seeing them all, we 
took leave of those sirdars, and returned home. The next day, we were informed 
by des Combres and the Dewan, that General Malartic had sent a ship to Bourbon, 
to fetch men for the service of the sirkar; and that the general said he would not 
suffer us to take leave, until the return of the ship : we told them, that we were not 
Granary. 
