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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
CHAPTER VI. 
Renewal of the Conferences.—Inquiries made by the Bur- 
man Negotiators.—Commercial Treaty discussed.—Remon¬ 
strance touching some circumstances connected with our 
reception at Court.—British Mission is presented to the 
Heir-apparent.—Visit to the Prince of Sarawadi.—Wives 
of the Burmese Chiefs presented to' the Queen.—Visit to 
the Queen’s Brother.—Character and History of this Chief. 
—Account of the King’s Pagoda.—Comparison between 
Siamese and Burmese temples.—Description of the King’s 
Water-palace.—Death and funeral of the senior Burmese 
Negotiator’s Wife.—The Mission removes to Sagaing, on 
the western bank of the river.—Visit to the widow of the 
late Heir-apparent.—Visit to the manufactories of Marble 
Statues.—Excursion to the Marble hills of Sagaing.— 
Chief Ministers punished for want of alacrity.—Court 
Historiographer’s account of the war with the English. 
Oct. 22d. — The audience having been so fre¬ 
quently put off, I imagined that the appointed 
conference would have also been postponed, and 
I did not expect the negotiators on the day 
named. Yesterday morning, however, word was 
sent to us, that they were desirous of being 
