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need therefore,” added he, “ is there for our going 
to Ava?” In reply to this, I answered, that I 
had no authority to treat directly with His Ex¬ 
cellency ; that I had positive orders to pro¬ 
ceed to Ava ; that I did so in accordance with 
an article of the treaty of peace ; and that I 
had a letter to deliver from the Governor- 
General to His Majesty. The Wungyi in- 
treated us, at all events to wait until an invita¬ 
tion arrived from the Court, which he expected 
in a few days. This was answered, by say¬ 
ing, that the intention of sending a Mission to 
Ava, was publicly made known to the Bur- 
man Deputies at Rangoon, full three months 
before; and that the matter was so well un¬ 
derstood at Ava, that a house had been already 
prepared there for our reception. 
A singular and unexpected construction was 
now attempted to be put upon the Seventh 
Article of the Treaty concluded at Yandabo, 
providing for the residence of accredited agents 
on the part of the two Governments, at their 
respective capitals. In the English copy of 
the treaty, the words used were, “ at each 
others Durbars.” In the Burman version, the 
seat of Government is called, “ the Burman 
Royal City,” (Mrama Myodau,) which one 
would have supposed sufficiently plain. The 
