accounted for. Midford had also drawn pay for twenty European soldiers who
did not exist. The Council ascribed Midford's misdeeds to his
'unaccountable stupidity,' and the Directors answered that 'the charges
against Mr. Midford are very grievous ones.'

In September, 1722, the Council received from Orme a copy of the treaty he
had made with the Rani. The following were the chief provisions. The
ringleaders in the attack on Gyfford were to be punished and their estates
confiscated; all Christians living between Edawa and Brinjone were to be
brought under the Company's protection; the Rani was to reimburse the
Company for all expenses caused by the attack on Anjengo; the Company was
to have exclusive right to the pepper trade, and were empowered to build
factories in the Rani's dominions wherever they pleased; the Rani was to
return all arms taken in the late out-break, and to furnish timber to
rebuild the church that had been burned. The treaty was guaranteed by the
Rani's brother, the Rajah of Chinganatta. By the Directors it was received
with mixed feelings.

"Last years Letters took some notice about the Affair at Anjengo, We
had not then the Account of the Treaty Mr. Orme made with the Queen of
Attinga and King of Chinganetty, We are sorry to find it included in
the Treaty, That We must supply Souldiers to carry on the War against
her rebellious Subjects for which she is to pay the Charge, and in the
Interim to pawn Lands for answering principal and Interest, because it
will certainly involve us in a trouble if We succeed, and more if We
dont, add to this, the variable temper and poverty of those people may
incline them to refuse to refund, and in time they may redemand and
force back their Lands, If the Articles are fully comply'd with they
seem to be for the Companys benefit, But We fear we shall have the
least Share of it, To what purpose is her Grant to Us of all the