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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
of Siam, in the Mission to that country in 1822 . 
We were detained at the Rungd’hau for two 
hours and a half, evidently for the purpose of 
allowing the Burman princes and officers to pass, 
and with the hope of dazzling us with a specta¬ 
cle of which they themselves evidently enter¬ 
tained a very high notion. The junior courtiers 
passed first, according to their rank ; they were 
followed by the seniors in the same order, and 
last of all came the princes, according to the rank 
allowed them at Court, The first of the latter 
who entered was the Prince of Pugan, a cousin 
of the King. The next was the Prince of San- 
dowy, better known to us by the name of Me- 
miabo; a corruption of his name, which is cor¬ 
rectly written Men-myat-pu. This, as I before 
mentioned, was the person who acted as Gene¬ 
ralissimo of the Burman forces towards the con¬ 
clusion of the late war, and after the disgrace or 
failure of his elder brother, the Prince of Sara- 
wadi. He was half-brother to the King, and, 
from all accounts, a young man of no energy or 
talent. He was always accompanied by the 
Wungyi Kaulen Mengyi as his lieutenant; and 
this chief was, in reality, the effectual command¬ 
er. These were followed by the Princes of Men- 
dong and Mekkara: the first a half-brother; the 
