282 Mr. Knox on the Ceremonial of the 
to death, and the third banished to a distance, by Mown-wine. The accessions from 
Atompra to the present king have been as follows: 
First. Atompra, in the year of GAUDAMA .....eeeeseeceeseeeeeee LIE 
Second. His son, NOWN-DAW-GHEE .......secsscsscccseecsscsseseeee 1123 
Third. Sane-pyvoo-sHane, brother of the last..............2026+-. 1134 
Fourth. SANE-Goo-zA, son of the last ........0cseccscssesscccesseee L140 
Fifth. Guamown, son of the second, reigned but seven days... 1143 
Sixth. ALompra’s Son, MOWN-WINE ....ccccccscccsesccsccsessesssere LIAS 
Seventh. The present king, grandson of the last............+++++» 1181 
(5) Or rather Nats, imaginary beings, good and bad: the good inhabit certain stages 
of the sacred mountain “ Myeen-Moe,” or the “ highest;” the bad live in jungles and 
hills on earth, and trouble mankind. Very good men, after death, may become Nats. 
The day of a Nat is equal to a hundred years of the days of man, and their lives consist 
of a thousand years of these days; they then vanish into nothing, as from nothing they 
arose, 
(6) Such is the number of the diseases their writings say the body is subject to. 
(7) First, the place where a woman rules; second, that where only brute animals 
exist; third, where a minor is king, &c. &c. Hell. 
(8) Rulers, thieves, fire, water, people who hate one. 
(9) The speaker prays for that which as an ordinary man he would wish for in a 
future state of existence. As a priest, he must not even touch gold or silver, and should 
not possess any secular property. 
(10) Thabike is the name of the black earthen pot which the priests suspend in front 
of them when they go their rounds to collect food. It should be five spans in circum- 
ference. 
(11) Thanegan is the name of the robe, or upper garment, which the priests wear. 
The people look with the greatest reverence on it, and with corresponding horror on 
its being applied to any common purpose, as was often shewn during the late war by 
their remarks when any of our troops or followers were seen in possession of one.* 
Although youths of all ages appear clothed in it, they are not yet priests, nor can 
they be till the age of twenty-one. Up to this period they are merely probationers, and 
employ themselves in reading the sacred writings, attending on the elder priests, and 
studying the “ ten rules,” viz. First, not to take away life; second, not to take furtively 
the smallest thing; third, to lead a life of celibacy; fourth, not to speak untruths; 
fifth, not to partake of any thing of inebriating quality; sixth, not to eat after noon; 
seventh, not to dance; eighth, not to wear any scented or other flowers, not to use any 
perfume or look in a glass, and not to look on at feasts and dancing, or listen to music; 
ninth, not to sleep on any bedstead of more than a cubit high, nor on a soft bed, but on 
a mat or carpet; tenth, not to touch even gold, silver, or precious stones. If a novice 
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* The Chinese priests sometimes use a similar sort of garment. 
