TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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two years of age, and not until then, she got 
a couple of incisor teeth in each jaw, but had as 
yet neither canine nor molares. Shwe-maong 
assured us, that none of his parents or relations, 
and, as far as he knew, none of his countrymen, 
were marked like himself. 
Our draftsman made very faithful sketches 
of the father and youngest child, to which I re¬ 
fer. After making the party presents, they took 
their leave of us, extremely grateful for our at¬ 
tention. Shwe-maong, we found, had been oc¬ 
casionally employed by the Court as a buffoon, 
having been taught to imitate the antics of a 
monkey. For these feats, however, the poor 
fellow does not seem to have been very liberally 
rewarded ; for, to subsist himself and family, he 
was obliged to betake himself to the trade of a 
basket-maker, in which he was now employed. 
He would have turned his monstrosity to better 
account in London. 
Nov. 5.—The negotiation was renewed yes¬ 
terday. Business was entered upon as soon as 
we had taken our seats. 
“■ E. The draft of the treaty furnished by you 
at our last meeting, has been translated. I have 
carefully perused it, and beg to submit to you 
the following remarks. The substance of the 
first article is nearly the same as that in the 
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