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" The founder of the great golden city of Yatan&pura, Ava, lord of the Tsaddan*, 

 king of elephants, master'of many white elephants, possessor of mines of gold, 

 silver, ruhies, amber and noble serpentine, the bearer of the title Thiri-pa-wara 

 thu-dhamma mafia rajd-di-rdjaf the sun-descended king, and great king of 

 righteousness, who rules over the kingdoms and a multitude of umbrella-wearing 

 chiefs to the westward, addresses T,hauk Kuon, king of U'di, who rules over 

 the great kingdoms and a multitude of umbrella-wearing chiefs to the eastward. 



11 It is now thirty-five years since Meng-dara'igyi'h, the grandfather of 

 (your) royal friend, and founder of the great golden city of Amarapi'ira, and 

 Khyeng-loun, the grandfather of T,hauk Kuon, king of U'di, having formed a 

 sincere and affectionate friendship, the inhabitants of the two countries have been 

 in the enjoyment of a happy and cordial intercourse and trade. In the 4th year of 

 (your) royal friend's reign, and in the 2nd year of T, ha.uk Kuon, king of U'di's 

 reign, on the 6th of April 1823, Yan-ta'-l6-ye', Yeng-tsheng-ye', Ts6-td- 

 tsou'n, Tou'n-lA-tsou'n and La-tsheng-ye' arrived with a royal letter and 

 various presents, consisting of two fur jackets lined with yellow silk, 1 small 

 Yen-thain box, 1 box containing glass tea-cups with covers and saucers, 8 

 rolls of velvet, 39 rolls of satin, 30 pieces of figured silk, 8 rolls of gold net- 

 work, 190 glass tea-cups, 20 carpets, 15 paper boxes, 20 purses, 10 fans in 

 cases, 100 fans, 1 fur jacket lined with plum-colored silk, a male and female 

 16, 2 Chinese horses, 1 large stone hill (imitation of a hill) with flowering shrubs 

 planted on it, 4 small stone hills with flowering shrubs planted on them, 1 

 thauk-zo tree bearing fruit, and 1 me-tso tree bearing fruit (dwarf fruit-trees). 

 A public audience was granted to these ambassadors on the new year's kadd, (beg- 

 pardon levee-day.) 



" (Your) royal friend has appointed in return, Ne-my<5-men:tha, who is 

 employed within the palace, Nara-ze-ya N6ra-tha', Thi'-ha-tsi'-thu' 

 N6RA-THA y , Shub-daung-thu'-yan N6ra-tha, Shue-daung-thu'-ra N6ra- 

 tha'-gy6-den, and Ya'za N6ua-tha'-gy6-gaung, to proceed as (his) ambas- 

 sadors with the following presents : — 



11 Three white marble images of the lord Gau-da-ma, supreme over the three 

 races of beings, byamhus, nats and men, whom (your) royal friend unceasingly 

 adores in order to obtain meg and pho (qualities possessed by inspired disciples 

 of Gaudama), and Neibban (the Buddhist heaven), and whose images are sent 

 from a desire that he should be worshipped ; 2 ivory mats for T,hauk Kuon, king 

 of U'dVs own use ; 2 ivory boxes ; 2 ivory cushions ; 2 pieces of yellow broad- 

 cloth ; 1 of green and 1 of scarlet ; 10 pieces of Bilat chintz, 10 pieces of the 

 same with white borders ; 10 carpets from the ship country, (country beyond 

 sea ;) 4 lacquered-ware boxes, each capable of holding half a basket, 50 lacquer- 

 ed-ware boxes, each capable of holding an eighth of a basket ; 3 viss of white 

 sandal-wood, and 3 of red ; 100 bundles of gold leaf and 100 of silver leaf; 2 



* According to the Burmese there were at one time in this world ten different 

 kinds of elephants, each rising above the other in strength, in a decimal ratio. The 

 lowest in the scale was the present common elephant, aud the highest, which was 

 named Tsaddan and the king of elephants, was the present white elephant. 



t" The meaning of this Pali title is thus rendered by the Burmese : " The illustri- 

 ous and excellent, and, through good works, the great king of kings. " 

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