TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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Wungyi read one of the memoranda lying be¬ 
fore him, which purported to be an explana¬ 
tion of the Seventh Article of the Treaty of 
Yandabo, and by which it was made to appear, 
that Rangoon, and not Ava, was the place in¬ 
tended for the residence of the British Agent; 
or, at least, that it might be Rangoon just as 
well as Ava, because Rangoon was, according 
to Burman notions, a Myodau, or Royal city, 
as well as the capital itself. I explained, that 
the name of Rangoon had never been men¬ 
tioned by either party, down to the present 
moment; and that at the conferences of Yan¬ 
dabo, Ava alone was perfectly well known to 
every body to be the place intended. I ex¬ 
pressed my surprise at the perversion of the 
Treaty contemplated in this interpretation; and 
stated, that if it were urged seriously, and 
the Wungyi did so by authority of his Go¬ 
vernment, I should think it necessary to re¬ 
quest that the embarkation of the British troops 
might be delayed until a reference were made 
to Calcutta and Ava. Mr. Judson, who trans¬ 
lated the Treaty of Yandabo, and acted as 
interpreter to the British Commissioners, when 
its several articles were read over and discussed, 
warmly expressed his dissent from the inter¬ 
pretation now attempted. The proposal to de- 
