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clear indications that there will be a lasting 
friendship between us. Will you not grant us 
some more favours in return for any concession 
we may make on our part?— E. What I pro¬ 
mised at a former meeting I pledge myself to 
perform. I will postpone the period of the pay¬ 
ment of the third instalment to one year, pro¬ 
vided that the signing of the Commercial Treaty 
be not deferred to a later date than the 15 th 
instant. 
B. Will you not also put off the fourth instal¬ 
ment to a similar period ?— E. I have already 
taken a heavy responsibility on myself and can¬ 
not promise any farther postponement of pay¬ 
ment. The payment of the fourth instalment 
must stand as in the Treaty of Yandabo. It 
can serve no useful purpose to postpone it just 
now. 
B. When the King asks us what you mean 
by saying you will report “ well,” as your ex¬ 
pression was translated to us, what reply shall 
we make ?— E. Be so good as to say distinctly 
that what I have stated is, that I will report 
truly and faithfully what you have requested, 
and all that has transpired between us. To de¬ 
cide, rests with my superiors : I will say no¬ 
thing that will embarrass them. What would 
you say to a Bur mail ambassador, sent to a 
