Storia do Mogor 354.6.6

354.6.6

[153] Dã,ud Khãn left the court and came back to the Karnãtik, and when he reached it all the European nations sent him their presents, which he accepted. From the French alone did he refuse to take any, in spite of his declaring himself to be their very great friend. Instead of receiving their tribute, he rejected it with displeasure. He said to their agent that he was not a man fit to carry on their affairs; he must therefore write to Monsieur Martin, Governor of Pondicherry, to send him some person of judgment to arrange certain interests of the greatest importance. At once Governor Martin sent a Hindu inhabitant of Pondicherry, named Anomond, bearing a substantial and notable present. When this man reached the camp of Dã,ud Khãn, he was not well received; on the contrary, he was spoken to in a somewhat arrogant and menacing manner. He was given to understand that the French ought to restore to the Dutch the ship Phénix, taken from their commissary, with all the valuable cargo in it; otherwise he (Dã,úd Khãn) should proceed to destroy the fortress of Pondicherry.