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sonally, lie looked round to his followers, and 
turned the matter off by saying, “ He is only 
an Envoy (Are-dau-baing, state messenger); he 
is not a Commissioner (Than-ta-man, one com¬ 
missioned with state business), and has no au¬ 
thority to treat.” 
Sept. 10.—Before breakfast this morning I 
paid another visit to the Wungyi, at his spe¬ 
cial request. We were received with the same 
courtesy as before, and with the same cere¬ 
monies. Two bands of music, composed of 
staccatos, flutes, instruments resembling a bas¬ 
soon, and violins, played during our whole 
stay. Male and female dancers were also ex¬ 
hibited. Both the vocal and instrumental mu¬ 
sic of the Burmans is generally more agreeable 
to the European ear than that of Western 
India. Upon the present occasion, a young 
woman sung several airs in so pleasing a man¬ 
ner, as to gain the approbation of all our party; 
although the accompaniment was far too loud, 
and often drowned her fine voice. The dancers 
were all females, and their performance, to say 
the least of it, was not worse than that of India. 
Like it, it consists more of movements of the 
body and hands than of the feet; and there 
was little to admire in it, for an European, be¬ 
yond the display which it afforded of the flexi- 
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