[391] "Diary of Sir John Moore," 2 vols. Edited by General Maurice.
[392] "F. O.," Spain, 39, 40. Merry to Grenville, 20th and 25th December and 19th January, 10th February, 6th and 29th March.
[393] "Dropmore P.," iii, 214.
[394] "F. O.," Spain, 44. Bute to Grenville, 10th September and 21st October.
[395] For the disgust of Pitt and Dundas, see "Dropmore P.," iii, 390.
[396] Malouet wrote to Pitt on 24th June 1798: "The wisdom of General Maitland's measures, the perfect order in which he has conducted the operations have lessened the disasters attending it, and by means of a truce and convention agreed on with the Republican chiefs, not an inconsiderable number of inhabitants has been induced to remain on their plantations" (Pitt MSS., 146).
[397] "F. O.," Holland, 57.
[398] "Cape Records," i, 98.
[399] "W. O.," vi, 67.
[400] "Cape Records," i, 17, 22.