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on board of which he was discovered. He re¬ 
ceived no punishment, for severities of any 
kind were repugnant to the feelings of the Bri¬ 
tish Commander, and the enemy was too con¬ 
temptible to render them necessary. On the 
contrary, the spy was taken into service as a 
groom, in which situation he continued until 
the army arrived at Melloon, when he quietly 
went over to his countrymen. At the confer¬ 
ences, his chief business seemed to be to watch 
the conduct of Mr. Lanciego, close to whom 
he placed himself, watching attentively every 
word that passed between him and us; yet, I 
am convinced, understanding very little. 
On returning home, Mr. Judson made literal 
translations of the Burman draft of a Commer¬ 
cial Treaty, and propositions. They were as 
follow :— 
“ Commercial Treaty. — Article 1 . —Peace 
being made between the great country governed 
by the English Ruler, (Englit-men,) the India 
Company’s Euler, (India Company Baren,) and 
the great country of Ra-ta-na-pu-ra, (City of 
Gems, Sanscrit,) which rules over Thu-na-pa-ra, 
Tam-pa-di-pa,* and many other great countries; 
* These two words, the first applied to the region east of 
the Irawadi, and the second, to that west of it, are Pali cor¬ 
ruptions of Sanscrit words, meaning, respectively, the coun¬ 
try of gold, and the country of copper. 
