A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.36

v1.c17.36

According to his projected change of politics, Sumbhajee sent an ambassador to Bombay, who pretended to inform the council of a scheme which the Moghuls had laid for reducing the island, and proposed an alliance against them and the Seedees. The council listened to these overtures, with a view of procuring an exemption from certain duties which were levied by Sumbhajee’s officers on the trade of the factories on the Coromandel coast;