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of any. An ugly cream-coloured long-tailed 
baboon was brought out for us to inspect; but 
in whiteness it bore no comparison to those of 
Siam. 
After inspecting the curiosities of the court¬ 
yard, we returned home by the same route by 
which we came. Our elephants had been so ill- 
caparisoned and uncomfortable, that we declined 
riding them, but caused them to accompany us 
to the river-side. In coming in, there was a 
considerable assemblage of people to view the 
procession ; but by no means a great one—not 
a fifth part, I should imagine, of that assembled 
on a similar occasion at Siam. They were all 
dressed for the occasion, and their demeanour 
was decorous, decent, and respectful in the high¬ 
est degree. They sat down, as we passed along, 
in the posture deemed most respectful by the 
Burmans; and not a word was spoken, or a 
sound heard. I could not help contrasting their 
behaviour, in this respect, with the noisy and 
boisterous conduct of the Siamese populace. 
The difference must originate in national cha¬ 
racter, and not in the circumstances of our dif¬ 
ferent political relations with the two people; 
for the conduct of the Burman populace towards 
Colonel Byrnes’ Mission was equally respectful 
as towards ourselves, at a moment when the 
