He had written to the British authorities at the town of Mysore, and an officer had come from the Residency to show me all that was to be seen.

I must now digress into Indian politics; and let me tell you that, if you read the little that I shall say about them, you will know more on the subject than half the members of the Cabinet." After a few pages occupied by a sketch of the history of Mysore during the preceding century, Macaulay proceeds "Seringapatam has always been a place of peculiar interest to me.

It was the scene of the greatest events of Indian history.

It was the residence of the greatest of Indian princes.

From a child, I used to hear it talked of every day.