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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
The King had proceeded yesterday to the 
Temple of Kaung-m’hu-d’hau, six miles from 
the palace, and across the river* where the fire¬ 
works were exhibited. It rained heavily all 
night, and his Majesty, who did not return till 
three o’clock this morning, was overtaken in 
the storm. Word was brought us of this in 
the morning, and we were informed that in 
consequence our audience was put off till to¬ 
morrow. 
Oct. 19.—It rained all day yesterday and the 
night before last, and at breakfast-time we re¬ 
ceived a message from the palace, to say, that 
in consequence of the badness of the weather, 
the audience would be put off until this day. 
The river since our arrival had fallen about 
twelve feet, and for four or five days previous 
to the present rain it had fallen at the rate of 
a foot in twenty-four hours. During the rain, 
however, its decrease was arrested, or was nearly 
stationary ; a fact from which it may be in¬ 
ferred that the source of the river is not dis¬ 
tant, nor the body of water above Ava con¬ 
siderable, as otherwise the stream could hardly 
be affected by so partial a fall of rain. 
During a moment when the weather promised 
to hold up, Dr. Stewart and I crossed the river, 
and visited the town of Sagaing, directly oppo- 
