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the Mysore ruler, in the south, but with no other rivals of importance in the political or military field against them. We have seen how, from the time when the Euro- pean nations first acquired valuable interests in India, the course of events in India has gradually been drawn LORD CORNWALLIS. more and more within European influences. The weaker Asiatic states have felt the attraction of the larger and more active political bodies; wars in the west have kindled wars in the east; and the clash of arms has reverberated from one to the other continent. The out- come of the contest was, as has been said, that England now held undisputed supremacy, as against other Euro- pean nations, in India. Then, as the connection be- tween the British nation and its great dependency grew