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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
made, the clauses which related to the exporta¬ 
tion of fire-arms, and the exemption from ex¬ 
port duties, were expunged; and the chiefs be¬ 
gan immediately to recast the whole treaty, 
carefully preserving, however, their own pecu¬ 
liar expressions, idioms, and circumlocutions. 
A new draft, thus amended, was furnished to 
us in the course of the sitting. 
The Burman propositions were then brought 
forward, and the following paper, which had 
been prepared in the same manner as the obser¬ 
vations upon the treaty, was read by Mr. Jud- 
son, and explained by him. Dr. Price, and Mr. 
Lanciego. 
I caused a translation to be made of the 
propositions which you gave in at our last meet¬ 
ing. I have read them carefully, and I am now 
prepared to offer you my sentiments on the 
subject. Your proposals, as I understand them, 
mean that we should restore to you, without 
equivalent, the provinces of Aracan, Ramree, 
Sandaway, Cheduba, Ye, Tavoy, Mergui, and 
Tennasserim ; and further, that we should re¬ 
mit the one-half crore of rupees due on the fifth 
article of the Treaty of Peace. You may well 
believe that my Government did not contem¬ 
plate any such proposals when I was deputed 
to come to Ava; and that they did not con- 
