Swartz was the unwilling spectator of the punishment of the collector of a district who was flogged with whips armed with nails.
A few hundreds of Europeans, English, German, and French, were in Hyder's pay, encamped about the town, and a German captain lent his tent for public worship.

No molestation was offered to any instructions that Swartz attempted to give, and he was very courteously entreated by the Prince himself.

The conferences with him were generally held in a hall of marble columns, open to a garden adorned with fruit trees, rows of cypresses, and fountains.

Hyder Ali sat on rich carpets, covering the floor, and the Padre was placed next to him.

He spoke in general terms of his desire to keep the peace, though the British had violated their engagements, referring to an attempt that had newly been made to march troops through his territory without his permission.