1837.] Some account of Embassies between Burmah and China. 543 



title and designation of Thiri tari bawand ditiyh dipadi pawara pandita mahh dham- 

 ma-rdja* dir&ja, the royal supporter of religion, the sun-descended king, lord of 

 life and great king of righteousness, who governs the great kingdoms and countries 

 and a multitude of umbrella-wearing chiefs to the westward, affectionately addresses 

 (his) royal friend Tauk-kuon, king of U'dl, who governs the great kingdoms and 

 countries and a multitude of umbrella-wearing chiefs to the eastward. In accordance 

 with the friendship which (his) royal grand-father Men :dara'-gyi'h, (great king 

 of righteousness,) who founded the golden city of Amaraptira, and king of U'dVs 

 royal grand-father, Khyeng-loun, affectionately cultivated for a long period of 

 years, royal letters with presents were i-eciprocally sent once in ten years without 

 interruption. On the 8th day of the waning moon of Tagu in the Burmese year 1 194, 

 I (April 12th, 1833,) when royal friend (king of Ava) had been in possession of the 

 throne for fourteen years, and Tauk-kuon king of U'dl for 12 years, Tshein-ta'- 

 I lo'-ye', Yeng-tsheng-ye', Tso'-lo'-tsoun, Tsa'n-lo'-tso'un, La'-tsheng-ye' 

 land Yan-la-tsheng-ye', having arrived with a royal letter and various presents, 

 i consisting of three cups of the noble serpentine ; two cups of the same, carved with 

 flowers ; one goglet of the same ; two jackets of fur lined with yellow silk, four jac- 

 kets of the same fur lined with plum-colored silk ; eight rolls of gold cloth or bro- 

 cade ; six rolls of various kinds of velvet ; six large rolls of satin, and four horses : 

 they were received and brought (to Ava) in a suitable manner. On the day on 

 which the New year's Kado (beg-pardon audience) was held, the royal letter and 

 I presents being arranged in the palace in front of the throne, his majesty came out 

 i and took his seat attended by the royal son, younger brothers, kinsmen, and all the 

 nobles and officers, and had the royal letter submitted and read out. His majesty 

 was pleased to hear, that the king of U'dl himself, his queen, sons, daughters and 

 kinsmen are well and happy. Royal friend himself also, his queen, son, daughters 

 and kinsmen are well and happy. Agreeably to the friendship subsisting between 

 the two great countries, his Majesty has appointed as his envoys in return Men:- 

 tha'-ya'za'-gy6, of the royal household, Ne'-myo'-ya'za', Ne-myo'-ye'-gaung 

 Noratha' and Ne'-myo'-bula-thu', and sends them with the following presents : 

 two ruby rings for royal friend's own wearing; two sapphire rings; two blocks of 

 noble serpentine weighing forty-eight viss and forty ticals ; four elephants' teeth 

 weighing forty-four viss and sixty ticals ; three whole pieces of scarlet broad cloth, 

 three of green and two of yellow ; ten pieces of fine muslin ; ten pieces of long 

 cloth, ten pieces of Europe chintz, ten pieces of Europe handkerchiefs ; ten foreign 

 carpets ; one hundred books of gold leaf, one hundred of silver leaf ; three viss of 

 white sandal-wood, three viss of red, three viss of bastard sandal-wood ; ten bottles 

 of otto of roses; ten bottles of rose water; two lacquered ware boxes with high co- 

 nical covers, gilded and inlaid with pieces of looking glass ; two of the same with 

 flowers engraved on the lacquered work and gilded ; two of the same engraved ac- 

 cording to the Yuon pattern, two of the same with high stands and engraved in the 

 same manner, four round lacquered boxes, each capable of containing half a basket 

 and engraved according to the Yuon pattern, 50 small round boxes of a quarter of a 

 basket measure each ; fifteen peacock's tails, with four male elephants and one 

 female. 



Let these envoys return soon, and when they come back, it will be like having 

 met and seen royal friend, king of U'dl. 



Copy of the instructions given by the Ministers of Ava to the Ambassadors appointed to 

 proceed to China from Ava. 



Men.tha'-ya za'-gy6, Ne'-my6-ya'za', Ne'-my6-ye'-gaung Noratha' and 

 Ne'-my<5-bula-thu>, who have been appointed by his majesty ambassadors to pro- 

 ceed to China, having received charge of the royal letter and presents, and having been 

 furnished with boats and crews complete, namely, the governor of Bamd's gilded 

 paddle boat with a brass pya-that for the king's letter, a phaung or accommodation 

 boat with a double roof for the royal presents, a war boat for Men:THA'-ya'Za'-gyo', 

 a phaung with a plain roof for the other ambassadors, and another phaung with a 

 roof partly plain and partly double for the Chinese envoys : they will depart from 

 Ava on a propitious day. They must travel the proper stages in the following 

 order. In front of all, the boat with the king's letter, then that with the royal 



* This is a title conferred upon himself by the king of Ava since the date of the 

 war with the British Government, and the meaning of the Pali words is thus trans- 

 lated by the Burmese : " The Illustrious Lord of Life, who exercises boundless do- 

 minion and possesses supreme wisdom, the exalted king of righteousness and king 

 of kings."— It is, I believe, the third title which he has given himself since his ac- 

 cession to the throne in 1819. 

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