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is related of the foundation of Carthage. Lieu¬ 
tenant De Montmorency had visited the ruins 
of Sa-re-k’het-ta-ra, now called Ra-se (a saint, 
or hermit), last year. All that remained of it 
was a broad earthen wall, of a quadrangular 
form, and five or six feet in height. The area 
contained no relics of antiquity, and was over¬ 
grown with forest. 
Mr. Chester, Mr. Judson, and Dr. Stewart, 
returned the Myowun’s visit after breakfast. 
In the morning, the Myowun of Shwe-taong 
arrived at Prome, and in the course of the fore¬ 
noon came on board. This person is steward 
of the King’s household; literally, “ Lord of 
the Kitchen,” a distinguished office. Our sol¬ 
diers, however, called him “ the Cook.” He 
was a little man, and his appearance did not 
bespeak much talent or energy. He was one 
of the Kyi Wungyi’s lieutenants before Ran¬ 
goon, and commanded the party which repulsed 
Colonel Smith and a detachment of Sepoys, 
with considerable loss, at Kyaikalo, at an early 
period of the contest, in 1824. He commanded 
also the attacks made on the post of Kern- 
mendine (Kyi-myen-taing), near Rangoon, in 
the same year, the most spirited and persever¬ 
ing made by the Burmans during the whole 
course of the war. Afterwards he was beaten 
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