Note 14 — Chapter I
William Johnston translation
See on this subject Guyon’s Histoire de l’Indostan, vol. iii. p. 220-224, and Recherches hist. et geograph. par Anquetil du Perron, part i. p. 174.—The author here delineates the state of the French trade with strong and ugly colours; but, it cannot be denied, with a considerable degree of truth. F.