Do what I could, the guards would smuggle in pieces of bread, and they lingered on for weeks; so that it was more merciful to finish with them at once, besides making me feel comfortable at the knowledge that there was no chance of their making their escape.

There were sentries at their doors, as well as on the walls, when the fourteen I have told you about escaped; but they dug a passage out at the back of their hut, chose a very dark night, and it was only when the sound of some stones, that they dislodged as they scrambled down the precipice, gave the alarm to the sentries, that their escape was discovered.
"No, I do not want any prisoners up here, and when they do come, there is no sleep for me until I get the order to execute them.

But they do not often come now.

Most of the prisoners who were not given up have been killed since, and there are not many of them left." Upon finishing their round, they returned to Seringapatam, where Dick drew up a full report of the result of their investigations.

The sultan himself went through it with them, questioned them closely, cut off a good many of the items, and gave orders that the other demands should be complied with, and the guns and ammunition sent off at once to the various forts, from the great arsenal at the capital.
Dick was depressed at the result of their journey.