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shionable market in the inner town, to which 
the wives of the Burman grandees are accus¬ 
tomed occasionally to resort for their amuse¬ 
ment, As I went along, my attention was 
struck with the figure of a tall and venerable- 
looking person, whom I took at first for an Ar¬ 
menian, for he was in the Oriental costume. 
I was soon undeceived, however, by one of my 
companions. The individual in question was an 
Englishman, a native of the town of Windsor, 
born a gentleman, and brought up in the naval 
service of the East India Company. It is alleged 
that, for some offence against the penal law, he 
fled from Calcutta about forty years ago. He 
had ever since resided in the Burman dominions, 
often in situations of public trust under the 
Government, but now out of employ. We after¬ 
wards found that he had been waiting for hours 
to see us. He was imprisoned in fetters during 
the war, along with the other Europeans, with¬ 
out any charge whatsoever being made against 
him. His complexion alone, as in other cases, 
was the principal evidence upon which he was 
found guilty. 
Oct. 24.—Our promised visit to the Prince of 
Sarawadi Yvas performed this morning. We 
proceeded to his house, which is in the outer 
town, and close to the Tennasserim gate on the 
