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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
7 .J)e Originals of the following Translations from General Bonaparte, were commu¬ 
nicated to Captain Wilson, at Mocha ; and the Translations were by him trans¬ 
mitted to the Governor in Council at Bombay. 
FRENCH REPUBLIC. 
LIBERTY. EQUALITY. 
Bonaparte, Member of the National Convention , General in Chief to the most 
magnificent Sultaun, our greatest Friend, Tippoo Saib. 
Head Quarters at Cairo, 7th Pluvoise, 7th Year of the Republic, one and indivisible. 
“ You have already been informed of my arrival on the borders of the Red Sea, 
with an innumerable and invincible army, full of the desire of relieving you from the 
iron yoke of England. 
<c I eagerly embrace this opportunity of testifying to you the desire I have of 
being informed by you, by the way of Muscat and Mocha, as to your political 
situation. 
“ I would even wish you could send some intelligent person to Suez or Cairo, 
possessing your confidence, with whom I may confer. 
(Signed) " BONAPARTE.” 
(Seal.) True Translation from the French. 
(Signed) FRANCIS WOPPERS, Translator. 
Translation of a Letter from General Bonaparte to the Sheriff of Mecca, written 
in Arabic, without Date, and received at Judda the iytb of February, 1799. 
“ You will be fully informed by the Nocqueda of this Dow, how tranquil and 
quiet every thing is at Cairo and Suez, and between these places, and of the tran¬ 
quillity which is established among the inhabitants. Not a single Mameluke oppressor 
remains in the country; and the inhabitants, without dread or fear, employ themselves 
in weaving, cultivating the ground, and in other trades, as formerly; and, by the 
blessing of God, this will be daily increasing, and the duties on merchandize and 
the taxes will be lessened. The duties on merchandize are now the same as they 
were prior to their being raised by the Mamelukes; the merchants have every assist¬ 
ance granted them, and the road between Suez and Cairo is open and safe; therefore 
