A History of the Mahrattas v2.c40.48

v2.c40.48

Tippoo’s motives for acceding to a pacification so disadvantageous have been imputed,³ it would appear justly, to his apprehending that the English were about to take part against him. Mr. Malet had not only been invited to Poona as Resident, but at the request of Nana Furnuwees he had joined him at Badamee, a circumstance which Tippoo conceived bespoke a very intimate connexion; but the acting Governor-General was studious to allay any alarm it might create, and had partly succeeded.