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Burman subject—a person who had received fa¬ 
vours, and therefore who was acting in his pre¬ 
sent situation contrary to his allegiance!! 
The Governor-General’s letter was not exhi¬ 
bited, nor was even the Burman translation of 
it read or alluded to. Mr. Montmorency held 
it during the audience, and towards the con¬ 
clusion delivered it into the hands of a Na- 
kand’hau by my direction. 
The King continued in the hall about three- 
quarters of an hour, and then retired. When 
he and the Queen got up, the courtiers pros¬ 
trated themselves as when they entered, and the 
English gentlemen made a respectful bow to 
each; after which they put on their hats, to sig¬ 
nify that the compliment of uncovering was in¬ 
tended for their Majesties alone. Their Ma¬ 
jesties had been evidently uneasy under their 
cumbrous dresses, particularly their crowns, for 
they frequently put up their hands to adjust 
the latter, and relieve their heads from the load 
that seemed to oppress them. 
The princes and public officers were all habit¬ 
ed in their court or state dresses, which, as I 
before stated, consisted of purple velvet cloaks, 
with highly ornamented caps of the same mate¬ 
rial : each had his chain of nobility over his 
shoulders, and his title blazoned on a thin plate 
