178 EXTRACTS from the JOURNALS of the BURMESE VUKEELS 



the other priests to remove his sacerdotal garments and drive him out of their 

 community. 



22. — Arimadeya is to be the 5tb Bootlli in the present system. He is to appear in 

 this world hereafter. No oath is considered by a Burmese with more awe and solemnity, 

 than to make him declare tliat in the event of his failing; in truth, may he never see the 

 BooDH Arimadeya. 



Extracts from the Journals of the Burmese Vuheels on the subject of the 



foregoing Inscription. 



Since writing the above, I have obtained a copy of the report which 

 the Burmese vukeels submitted to the king of Ava of their visit to Buddha 

 Gaya, and I annex a translation of this curious document, together with a 

 copy of a picture, representing the peepul tree and surrounding scenery at 

 Buddha Gaya, made by a Burmese painter in the suite of the vukeels and 

 presented to the king of Ava. Having also obtained a copy of a journal of 

 the late Burmese mission kept by the junior envoy, I add a translation of 

 the passage containing his account of this visit to Buddha Gaya. 



Translation of a Letter addressed to the King of Ava hy the Burmese Vukeels, 



from Calcutta, in March, 1833, 



" Your slaves Men-gyee Mara Tsee thoo, commissioner, and Mentha- 

 NANDA-GYAU-DEN, Secretary, making obeisance from under your excellent 

 royal feet, bear your Majesty's orders upon their heads (meaning most 

 humbly and respectfully petition). 



Having made circuit beyond Hindoostan to the extremity of the 

 English dominions, to the city of Furrukhabad at the head of the Ganges 



