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actually seen four of them. They asked, whe¬ 
ther the Siamese elephants were equally white 
with that which I had seen yesterday. I re¬ 
plied, that the Siamese elephants were all whiter. 
They seemed to doubt the accuracy of my in¬ 
formation, and began a sort of cross-questioning. 
They begged to know when I had visited Siam; 
who was King at the time; his age; his suc¬ 
cessor, &c. &c. I satisfied them with precise 
dates and circumstances. They dropped the sub¬ 
ject, and their silence evidently implied that 
they were chagrined, that every circumstance of 
the parallel drawn between themselves and the 
Siamese should not have received a flattering 
answer. 
Business commenced by the senior Atwen- 
wun putting the following question :— 
B. On the first of the moon, we discussed 
the different articles of the draft which you laid 
before us ; some we agreed to, and we rejected 
others. You then promised to furnish us with 
an amended draft, according to what had been 
agreed upon before the next meeting.— E . I 
certainly did not promise to furnish such a draft, 
or you should have had it. To the best of my 
recollection, the subject was not even alluded to. 
My notes taken on the occasion do not contain 
any memorandum of such a promise, nor do I 
