[29]. 1st September, 1758.
[30]. Letter to Mr. Pigot, 14th August.
[31]. Ibid.
[32]. 14th August.
[33]. Nazir Mahommed. I have before adverted to his gallant conduct: vide p. 26.
[34]. Colonel Lawrence.
[35]. Almost all communications between Madras and Bengal, at this period, were by sea, which often occasioned a considerable interval between the writing and despatch of a letter.
[36]. 21st August, 1759.
[37]. Mr. Orme appears to have embarked for England about six months after the date of this letter, but was obliged to leave the ship at the Cape, being unable, from serious indisposition, to proceed further until his strength was recruited.—(Letters from Mr. Vansittart to Clive, 28th June, and 3d July, 1759.)
[38]. Letter to Sir G. Pocock, 14th August, 1759. A postscript is added to this letter, of the 26th August; the same date as that to Mr. Orme.