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TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
tival, at which the public officers and tributary 
princes offer presents to his Majesty. I acqui¬ 
esced in this arrangement, unaware, at the time, 
of the object which the Bur man Court had in 
view. 
The Kyi-wun and his coadjutors, not satisfied 
with the assurances made to them at our last 
meeting, that the Mission had come for no other 
purpose than to present a letter and presents to 
the King, and to conclude a commercial treaty, 
again begged to know whether we had any far¬ 
ther demands to make. I reassured them on 
this subject, and begged them to be satisfied 
with what I had already said. The Kyi-wun 
then entreated that I would, in confidence and 
“ as a friend,” mention to him the principal heads 
of the draft of the treaty to which I alluded. 
I answered, that the terms were moderate, and 
the document very short, consisting of seven ar¬ 
ticles only. As the Burman negotiators would 
come better prepared to enter upon the actual 
negotiation, I saw some advantage in exhibiting 
the document, and therefore produced it. The 
Burman officers read it one after another in their 
own language, and Mr. Lanciego in English. 
Objections were offered to two or three of the 
articles ; but as no doubt they would afterwards 
be urged in a more public manner, it is not ne- 
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