Beatson, Alexander: A view of the origin and conducts of the war with Tippoo Sultaun: comprising a narrative of the operations of the army under the command of Lieutenant George Harris, and of the Siege of Seringapatam (London, 1800)

iy8 VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND CONDUCT
" of our defensive alliances in the Peninsula of India was founded;
" and the national faith was maintained in a degree of purity and
" lustre, which inspired a general confidence in the British Go-
" vernment, and disposed the native powers to strengthen and
" cement their connection with the Company on the solid basis of
" reciprocal interest and mutual security. This favourable dis-
" position was confirmed by the prudence, integrity, and honour,
" of my immediate predecessor ; and in the important nego-
" tiations which it has been my duty to conduct, I have derived
" considerable assistance from the advantageous impressions of
" the British character, which I found deeply Axed in the minds
" of our allies/'