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were soon thrown open, and showed us the 
Princess sitting as if it were in a niche, a ve¬ 
nerable and respectable-looking person, about 
sixty years of age. None of her relations or 
attendants appeared, but in the same apartment 
with us was her son, the Prince of Men-dong, 
whom I mentioned as being engaged to marry 
the daughter of the Queen’s brother, with three 
or four of her grandchildren, boys from four to 
six years of age. The youngest of these was 
son to the late Prince of Tongo, a full brother 
of the King, who died during the war. This 
child, after the Ing-she-men, or heir-apparent, 
was next heir to the throne. The Princess put 
to us the very same questions, and in the same 
words, as we had been asked at the heir-appa~ 
rent’s, the Prince of Sara wadi’s, and the Queen’s 
brother’s. Betel, Burman tea, and refreshments 
were also brought to us in the same manner. 
She accepted our presents, and presented each 
of us in return with a ruby-ring, a lacker-ware 
box, and two pieces of silk. The visit was not 
very interesting. The attendance of persons of 
rank was very small, and none of the officers of 
Government appeared, except those expressly 
directed to accompany us. 
Dr. Wallich and I walked this morning to 
the village of Kyauk-Sit, (stone-cutters,) situ- 
