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which is assigned to him for his revenue. He 
is much beloved by the King, and is his only 
full brother, as I have before mentioned. He 
is at the head of the party opposed to the Queen’s 
influence. During the greater part of the late 
war, he was commander-in-chief of the armies 
opposed to the English, but never did any thing 
to signalize himself, and, in fact, never saw an 
enemy. It seems, indeed, to be a maxim of 
Burman tactics, that the chiefs should keep at a 
respectable distance, and out of harm’s way, 
every one in the degree of his rank ; and that 
the soldiery should be thrust forward to fight 
“ the battles of their country,” at the peril of 
military executions, without leaders, and with¬ 
out example. The founder of the family ap¬ 
pears to have been a leader of a different class, 
however, and to have owed his success as much 
to his firmness and personal courage, as to his 
judgment and sagacity. 
This was the day appointed for the ladies of 
the Burman grandees to pay their homage to 
the Queen ; to make presents, and “ ask pardon” 
for past transgressions, in the same way as their 
husbands had done before of his Majesty. We 
were anxious to see a part at least of the cere¬ 
monies of a Burmese drawing-room, and accord¬ 
ingly passed by the Palace on our return home. 
