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they were accompanied by between fifty and. 
sixty boats of the principal nobility. The pro- 
cession rowed up the river and back again in a 
circle three times, when the King and Queen 
returned to their barge, and three discharges of 
cannon proclaimed that the festival was con¬ 
cluded. The procession passed within one hun¬ 
dred yards of us, and we had a very good view 
of it. The Atwen-wun and other chiefs who 
were on board with us at the time, threw 
themselves on their knees as the King passed, 
raising their joined hands, as if in the attitude 
of devotion. The Burmans understand the ar¬ 
rangement of such pageants, as that which we 
had now witnessed, extremely well. The mo¬ 
ment chosen was the most favourable for effect. 
The setting sun shone brilliantly upon a profu¬ 
sion of “ barbaric gold,” and the pageant was 
altogether the most splendid and imposing 
which I had ever seen, and not unworthy of 
Eastern romance. 
In the course of yesterday forenoon, Dr. 
Price, who was with us on the river, was sent 
for to the L’hut-d’hau,* by the Wungyis, the 
principal of whom were, the Kyi-wungyi and 
Kaulen-mengyi; the former the unsuccessful 
* The word is correctly written L’hwat, but is pronounced 
as J have given it in the text.* 
