Truly, those who talked about driving the English into the sea cannot have known anything of the strength of the position.
"As to carrying it by assault, it could not be done; nor could the garrison be starved out, since they could always obtain supplies of all sorts by sea.

And yet, except at the causeway, the place has no natural strength.

The Mahrattas acted unwisely, indeed, when they allowed the English to settle here." "They could not foresee the future, Sufder.

Now, doubtless, they are sorry; but if in the future the British become masters of India, the Mahrattas will have no reason to regret having given them a foothold.

Wherever their powers extend, the natives are far better off than they were under the rule of their own princes.