TO THE COURT OF AYA. 207 
dom, chiefly of the country of Lao. The west¬ 
ern and southern faces outside the walls are 
nearly destitute of population ; but at the north¬ 
ern and eastern sides, the first bounded by the 
Irawadi, and the last by the <e Little River,” 
or Myit-nge, are well inhabited suburbs, and a 
large market. In our ride we met a number 
of the King’s elephants: several of them were 
large and fine animals, but generally they were 
ill-fed and in bad condition : they were of all 
ages and sizes, some not exceeding three or four 
months old. 
Oct. 17.—The Burman negotiators, according 
to appointment, appeared yesterday, and the 
conference commenced at twelve o’clock. They 
were accompanied by two Palace Secretaries, but 
the Wun-dauk was not present. The Burman 
chiefs had note-books before them, containing 
the Burman version of the draft of the treaty, 
which I had given in, with observations upon 
each article. 
The senior Atwen-wun began the conference, 
by reading the seventh article of the Treaty of 
Yandabo, providing for a commercial conven¬ 
tion. 
B . Does this agree with the English copy ? 
—E. It agrees in substance with a literal trans¬ 
lation from the Burman which I hold in my 
