Excerpt from Ralph Darnell, Vol. 3 of 3And they were right in the main, though the de lays and deliberations of the Madras Council, in weighing the claims of the several parties for employ ment on this service, which lasted for two months, had as wellnigh exhausted the patience of the society on board the ships, as it had the supplies on which they were dependent. I may say also, that it had almost exhausted the patience of Colonel Clive him self, and of our friend Mr Ralph Smithson, who, having presented his credentials at Madras, after he landed from the vessel which brought him down there, became for a time an object of great interest and admiration to the general society of the settlement. One who had fought through the attack on Calcutta, who had survived the horrors of the Black Hole, and who, with every advantage of person, was intelligent, modest, and unassuming - was, of all others, the per son to make the deepest impression upon those upon whom the selection of the new commander depended.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.