Men who have escaped have, from time to time, brought down news of murders in the places where they had been confined, but they have known little of what has happened elsewhere.

Moreover, we have learned that certainly fifty or sixty were put to death, at Seringapatam, before we advanced upon it the first time.

We know, too, that some were murdered in the hill forts that we have captured.

But how many remain alive, at the present time, we have not the slightest idea.

Tippoo might hand over a dozen, and take a solemn oath that there was not one remaining; and though we might feel perfectly certain that he was lying, we should be in no position to prove it.
"The stipulation ought to have been made, if only as a matter of honour, but it would have been of no real efficiency.