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cessary at present to enumerate them. The ma¬ 
jority of the provisions of the treaty, but not 
the most essential, seemed to be approved of. 
The Kyi-wun begged to have a copy. This I 
refused. The draft was then reperused by each 
individual officer separately, and finally read 
aloud. The Kyi-wun then formally returned 
thanks for our being so obliging as to furnish 
him with the perusal of the draft. He added, 
that the Burman Government, on its part, had 
several propositions to offer, to which we might 
probably object; and that, under such circum¬ 
stances, he hoped no offence would be taken 
at any objections which might be urged by 
the Burman negotiators against propositions 
brought forward by us. I answered, that I 
hoped every point would be freely discussed on 
both sides; that the Burman Government 
would, of course, bring forward any propositions 
they might think proper, and that I would enter 
into negotiation upon them as far as my powers 
extended : I added, however, that if they were 
not of a commercial nature, they ought not to 
be mixed up with this particular subject, for 
which a separate and specific arrangement had 
been made in the Treaty of Yandabo. 
The Kyi-wun, before coming on board, sent 
me a present of a small ruby ring, and sent an- 
