TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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which twenty-one were of the largest size of 
Burman merchant-boats. The articles exported 
consist of silk and cotton cloths, but especially 
the latter, which is extensively manufactured 
in the vicinity ; terra-japonica, sesamum-oil, 
palm-sugar, gram (cicer arietinum ), and tobacco. 
Ten miles inland from Pa-k’hok-ko, is the town 
of Pugan-gyi (Puk’han-kri), or great Puk’han, 
a populous place, surrounded by a brick wall, and 
containing some remains of antiquity ; among 
others, some inscriptions on stone, said to be si¬ 
milar to those of Pugan. Pa-k’hok-ko, and the 
domain annexed to it, lately constituted the 
estate assigned to Maung-shue-nyan, a celebrated 
actor. This person, a native of Rangoon, gained 
the present King’s favour by his professional 
talents, his quickness at repartee, and his accom¬ 
plishments as a buffoon ; and he received a title 
of nobility, with an estate, as marks of royal 
favour. During the war, he had a small com¬ 
mand, but disgraced himself by a precipitate 
flight. He was in the stockade where Thongba 
Wungyiwas killed on the 7th of July 1824. 
After this, he fell into disgrace, quarrelled with 
some of the principal courtiers, and was disco¬ 
vered to be an atrocious oppressor, having put 
several persons on his estate to death. The 
King discovered his mistake in promoting him, 
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