The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai A Record of Matters Political Historical Social and Personal from 1736 to 1761 Jan. 1760 - Jan. 1761

But he noted clearly enough the gradual spread of demoralisation the mutual jealousies and suspicions of the leaders the growing indiscipline of the rank and file the insolence of the King's officers the incomptence of the Company's servants and the rising alarm of the Indian inhabitants as they saw the power in which they had trusted for protection failing even to prol ect itself. [...] Through the earlier part of the year men were hoping against hope for the reappearance of tl'Achó and his squadron from Mauritius ; but the only vessels that escaped the blockade of Admiral Steevens were the frigates that in October were cut out of the roads and the Compagnie des lndes which was converted into a floating battery to add to the sea-ward defences. [...] What can I say of the difference between the state of the town the prosperity of the people and the conduct of Governor and council in M. Lenoir' time and now ? When in M. Lenoir's time it was Cf. [...] The Chart shows the Sun as controlling the affairs of kings the moon those of nobles the planethose of the officers of State and the stars those of private persons. [...] In the month of kartti _ gai of the year Dheithy 1 the outermost tooth but one of my upper double teeth on the left began to come out and two more came out in the same month of each of the succeeding two years ending with Bahudetnya.2 I fell sick in the month of Adi 3 growing worse in the month of Kcirttigai and then recovering.