Note 36 — Chapter IV
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“General Malcolm came round to Calcutta in August to communicate the information he had been able to collect, leaving his secretary at Abushire, who was obliged subsequently to quit the place to prevent his person being seized by the Persian Government, instigated by the French agents.”—[From letter of Instructions sent by Supreme Government to Mountstuart Elphinstone, in 1809.—MS. Records.]