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set up various other images, after which he celebrated a great pinkama. 
All this was told us by the Siamese officers. 
After worshipping at this place and paying our respects to the 
priests we started down the river, admiring the numerous viharas and 
priests' houses on either bank and the villages with their teeming 
population ; arriving at our resting-place in the evening. 
On Tuesday evening three officers came from the palace with a 
large supply of robes and priestly necessaries, and informed us that 
his majesty was most favourably disposed towards us : and, in order 
that he too might share in the merit which we had acquired by our 
pilgrimage to the Sacred Footstep, had ordered a quantity of the 
coins called Uccal to be distributed among us : he also sent us much 
eatables and drinkables, with fruit, betel, and arecanut, lime, &c. We 
were directed to offer the robes ourselves to the priests, and so acquire 
merit. Accordingly we proceeded in boats to the vihare called Wat Nun 
Ok, and worshipped the golden Buddhas there, and offered the robes 
to the Chief Priest and three others who resided here, and acquired 
merit by making our obeisance to them, and afterwards returned home. 
O a the twenty-ninth day of the mon th T ula,being Thursd ay , two officers 
came in the morning and proceeded with us in boats till we reached 
the street, where we entered horse carriages. We alighted when we 
approached the palace and waited in a mandate till our arrival was 
announced, after which we were led to the hall of the sub-king. Here we 
were received by the king, the prince, and the sub-king, with the greatest 
kindness, and presents were also bestowed on us, the Arachchies, and 
our attendants ; and we were shown the presents destined for La^ka. 
We were also informed we would receive permission in a few days to 
start home, after which we returned accompanied by the officers. 
On Monday, the fourth day of the solar month Yrishchika, two 
officers came and accompanied us in boats to the great vihare called 
Talarama, which is built on the bank of the river. Here we worshipped 
before the golden image of the Buddha and the dagabas, and made 
offerings of robes and the priestly necessaries to the priests who had 
been appointed, to proceed to Ceylon. These were Upali Maha 
Nayaka Thero, Arya Muni Maha Nayaka Thero, the Anu Maha Thero. 
the Maha Theros who read the Kammavaclia and who prepare for ordi 
nation, and the Maha Theros Tndrajotassa, Chandra Jotassa, Kotthita, 
Kiyavu, Bojuna, Thuluvan, Thonsuvannana, Janna, Prakyavuthan, 
Lokon, Dabut, Premak, Premi, Kruvakya, being twenty-one Theros and 
eight Saman eras. After this we were taken back to our halting-place. 
On the morning of Thursday two officers came and took us to the 
palace. We halted for a short time at a mandape while our arrival 
was being announced ; after which we were presented and received 
with great kindness by his majesty the king, the prince, and the 
sub-king. We were informed that the presents destined for Ceylon 
would be ready to start in a short time, and then were given permis- 
sion to withdraw, when we returned again to the same mandape for a 
short interval. And this was the manner of our departure therefrom. 
From the palace gate and as far as the landing-place at the river bank 
the two sides of the street were decorated with cloths embroidered 
with gold, various scented flowers and fruits, and examples of the 
painter's skill. Next, heralded by the five kinds of music, came the 
royal message carried in a gold litter on either side of which were 
held gold-worked sesat and flags. A new golden image of Buddha 
came next, borne in like fashion and accompanied by semt^ chdmaras. 
