JOURNAL 



ASIATIC SOCIETY 



Journal of a Mission from the Supreme Government of India to 

 the Court of Siam. — By Dr. Richardson. ' 



February \0th. — Being Sunday, I had little communication 

 with any one. In the evening Coon-Sit paid us a second visit, 

 accompanied by Radsithee; he is the son of the Pra-Choolia, 

 who is chief of the natives of the Coromandel Coast settled here, 

 and from whom Mr. Crawford and Colonel Burney received all 

 the annoyance and opposition in his power ; he is descended from 

 the natives of the other side of the Bay, and retains his dress 

 and religion. Mr. Hunter called this morning on the Praklang, 

 where he met his brother Pya-si-pi-pat, and some other of the 

 officers who have been ordered to sail with a reinforcement of 

 about 7000 men, (of which Pya-si-pi-pat is the generalissimo) to 

 assist the Rajah of Ligore, against the Malays of Queda. Out 

 of all the royal war vessels, not one was fit to put to sea, being 

 destroyed by white-ants and other causes. They are ordered to 

 start immediately, and are afraid to tell the king the state of the 

 navy; they were consequently at their wits 5 end for ways and 

 means, besides there being an evident disinclination for the ser- 

 vice. The Puttanee people have joined the insurgents, and it is 

 expected they will attack S angora, which still holds firm its 

 allegiance. The proper heir to the throne of Siam, the late 

 king's eldest legitimate son, who entered the priesthood when 



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