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could maintain? His solution of the problem
was the only one that could fit the
circumstances. He resolved that both the
native states & the Company should receive
a comparatively small part of Mysore,
& that the remainder should be formed
into a new state, completely cut off from
the sea, & of course much diminished in
size. It was to be governed, under the
protection of the Company, by the heir of
the long line of Hindu Monarchs from
whom Tipu's father had seized the throne.
And, after the lapse of more than a century,
the descendant of the prince enthroned
by Wellesley, is ruling in Mysore
at the present day. Macauley has accused
nine-tenths of the gentlemen of England
of confusing Oudh with Travancore.
This is perhaps an exaggeration: but at
least they would be none the wiser if
they heard to whom was assigned [Mujuad?]
or Gurramkonda, Gooty or Koimbatur. We
will only say that to the Nizam was
given a large & solid piece of country
from the North-East of Mysore, which -
it will be remembered was transferred
to the Company in 1800:* the Company
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* See above: page 11; line 15.