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2 upon the Indus, and it would be a failure of common
3 foresight, were measures not taken to secure, that the
4 chiefs, states, and tribes, upon its banks, should be
5 unanimous and hearty in their exertions to repel the
6 invader. It may be said, however, that the time is not
7 come for making provision for such objects : but whether
8 the danger be near, or remote, it would scarcely be
9 consistent with prudence to engage in measures likely to
10 produce alienation, or to lower the respect and influence,
11 which as holders in declared and full sovereignty of the
12 principal part of Hindoostan, the British Government
13 ought naturally to possess with the remainder.
14 Colonel Potting ER, on receipt of his instructions, sent
15 immediate intimation to the Meers of Sindh, and in par-
16 ticular to Meer MooRAD Ulee at Hydurabad, of his
17 being commissioned by the Governor General to confer
18 with them on some important matters, and he requested
19 the requisite permission to proceed to Hydurabad for
20 the purpose. This having been granted, after some
21 demur, and the Bombay Government having provided
22 the necessary escort, establishment, and equipment for
23 the Envoy of the Supreme Government, Colonel Pot-
24 ting er moved from Kuchh, and arrived at Hydura-
25 bad in the course of February, 1832. He immediately
26 explained the views of the British Government, and
27 delivered the letter from the Governor General to Meer
28 MooRAD Ulee, in which they were stated at length.
29 A series of long and tedious discussions was then com-
30 menced, during which several projects and counter-
31 projects, and drafts of treaties, were mutually exchano^ed.
32 After much negociation, a Treaty was at last concluded
33 with Meer Moorad Ulee Khan, on the part of the
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