He has captured all those of Coorg, Travancore, and the other states on the Malabar coast.

He and his father have looted all the Carnatic, from Cape Comorin to the north of Madras.

He has captured many of the Nizam's cities, and several Mahratta provinces.
"In fact, he has accumulated, at Seringapatam, the spoils of the whole of southern India, and those of the Hindoo portion of his own people.
The value of the jewels, alone, must be millions of pounds; and as he himself, as they say, dresses simply, and only wears one or two gems, of immense value, he may well have bestowed large quantities upon his harem, especially as these would be, in fact, only loans, as at the death of their wearers they would revert to him, or, indeed, could be reclaimed at any moment, in a freak of bad temper.
"I have no doubt they had to ask his permission to give you the presents, and as you, at the moment, were in high favour with him, I daresay he suffered them to give what they chose, without inquiring at all into their value.

The gold he gave you was simply to procure your outfits, and he left it to the harem to reward you, as they chose, for the service you had rendered.
"Well, Dick, I congratulate you heartily.

It places your future beyond doubt, and leaves you free to choose any mode of life that you may prefer.
"I congratulate you, too, Margaret, on the lad's good fortune; which he has well deserved by his conduct.
"See this, my sons.