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' He was succeeded by Thala Chanda, 2d, who being a great favorite of the 

 gods, they sent him an enchanted spear, DhaOf and magic ring, from the 

 invisible world. In the year 387, he went on an expedition against China, 

 leaving the magic ring with his wife, as a safeguard to her virtue, and 

 charm against the influence of evil eyes, with this injunction, that in the 

 event of his not returning, she should raise that person to the throne, whose 

 forefinger the ring would fit, knowing it would accommodate itself only to 

 him, who was blessed with the favor of the gods, and that he should there- 

 by not only secure a good husband for the queen, but a wise ruler for the 

 people. The Raja having effected the object of his expedition, was acciden- 

 tally drowned on his way back : the mournful intelligence was conveyed to the 

 Queen, by the minister, who tried every artifice to ingratiate himself into the 

 Queen's favor, with the hope of being raised to the sovereignty : the Queen 

 told him of the late King's injunction, relative to the ring, and stated that he 

 whose forefinger the ring fitted, should be raised to the throne, whether a 

 prince, or a peasant. She accordingly presented the ring to him in full dur- 

 bar, and he made every effort to put it on, but in vain : it was then tried by 

 the nobles, who all suffered a similar mortification : at length, the story 

 of the ring having spread far and wide, two brothers, by name Amra Te and 

 Amra Ko, of the Jhim caste, inhabitants of the Kaladyne hills, came to try 

 their fortune, and both found the ring to fit. The Queen made choice of Amra 

 Te, and raised him to the throne, who shortly afterwards becoming jealous of 

 his brother, slew him ; upon which Bay Bay WtJN, Amra Ko's son fled to the 

 mountain of FM* Bhong ToJig, between Aracan and Ava. About this pe- 

 riod, Stj BntjNG Pntj, King of Ava, being irritated on hearing that the 

 Queen of Aracan had raised a Jhum to the throne, resolved to make war 

 upon Amra Te. On his way to Aracan, he fell in with Bay Bay Wi^n, who 



* Yoomadong. 



