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P. Ra pJiaMee, (0 in the revenue department. 

 P. Chakkrard. (") 



P. Pam roopjiak, attached to the frontier duty posts. 

 P. PJira Raam. [Sii Rama.'] 



We have also the PJtraya Rachasee, the spotted lion, (apparently 

 intended for the royal tiger.) 



PJiraya Hong, the goose, the ensign of Ava, Jmnza, 



PJiraya is a title bestowed on governors of the 3Ioo-ung TJid, or 

 secondary class of provinces, such as Moo-ung clioompjidn, and Chaiya on 

 the vrest coast of the gulf of Siam. 3Ioo-ung me KJilaug, or the river of that 

 name — Moo-ung P Jieechai (*) 3Ioo-ung Kanbooree,(f)^n.ol^:ih^ves>t of Bankok 

 — Moo-ung Sopjian, (^) northward of it, and RaJmig, PJieetseektok, and 

 PJietchahooreeQ) — Dahong on the peninsula — TJioong yai — and perhaps 

 now, Keddah ; although the son of the raja of Ligor, its chief, entitles himself 

 PJira PJiak deehareerak . 



The raj a of Ligor, in an official letter addressed me while agent of the 

 Prince of Wales Island Government, at the breaking out of the Burman war, 

 excuses certain palpable inconsistencies or duplicities in his conduct by 

 avowing that he was fettered — for his phrase directly implies it — by certain 

 officers — who had been appointed hy the king of Siam to relieve him from 

 some of his toils of state. These were Phraya Sooreesoia, PJiraya PJiee 

 chaiya song kjiraam KJioonnang {^) and others, amounting in all to foity-two 

 persons. 



The Phraya Rachajhot (^) is the title of the officer who is sent on em- 

 bassies to Jirst rate courts. 



The Phraya Ooppatjiot is next in rank to him, and is also employed 

 on such services. 



(') P. Bdjabhatti. Q) P. Chahha. (') P. Hangsa. (') P. Wijaya, 



(^) P. Kannapurl. (^) P. Snwanna. (') P. Wejjapurl, Q) P. Surasend, wijaya- 

 sanggdma. (") P. Rdjadosa. ("') P. Upaddsa. 



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