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I adverted to in his Memoirs. He states that it 



i was adopted *' by Mr, Farqiihar, in cpnsequence 



ot some comraiiiiications with the Siamese Go- 

 ^ vernor ofLigore, as appears from the following 



extract from his report on Prince ofAVale.s's Is- 

 land. •♦'The measure, moet direct and eflfec- 

 \ tive for preserving the peace of Queda. would be 



a letter from the Governor General to the King 

 I of Siam, requesting him to write to the head men 



I at S..ngorn, called by the Siamese Son Kra, 



Ligore, Patardy,* and Calantan, not to molest 

 the Queda empire, w hich the king would ins^tant- 

 , ly comply with- The Siamese are from interest 



our firm allies because they detest the Burmans, 

 ; and entertain a hope that we should be of one 



' day or olher be obliged to make war upon Ava. 



Several letters have been received from (by?) 

 the Governor of tigore to send them early notice 

 'should such an event be likely to take place, and 

 the Governor says he has orders to tender the 

 provinces of Mergui, Tenasseriro. Tavoy, and 

 Martaban, to the English, as the price for their 

 co-operation against Ava. The Siamese have 

 never given up their claims to these provinces, 

 which from time immemorial formed a part of 

 their natural hereditary dominions, and were on- 

 ly lately seized upon by the Burmans. 



*• Never having seen the letters of the Governor 

 ofLigore, referred toby Mr. Farquhar, nor know- 

 ing where to refer to them. 1 can neither prt^tend 

 ^ to judge positively of the crisis, which produced 

 such an offer from the Siamese Government, nor 

 to suggest whether or not some misapprehension 

 may have occurred on our parts. It must be 



