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paper which you have just given in ?—E. Cer¬ 
tainly I will not. You called for a formal ex¬ 
planation from me, and I have mentioned only 
what appeared to me to be a plain statement of 
facts. 
B. By bringing forward this point, we hope 
you do not imagine that we have any intention 
of infringing the treaty. We do not charge 
you with any such intention.— E. I suppose, of 
course, you have acted in conformity to the in¬ 
structions you have received. The Saluen river 
was declared in the treaty to be the frontier of 
the two nations. After a full explanation hav¬ 
ing been given, you still claimed districts on 
both sides of that river. I was justified, there¬ 
fore, in saying, that the interpretation put by 
you on the fourth article, had the appearance 
of arising in a desire to make difficulties where 
none existed. 
The Burmese chiefs had now entirely altered 
their tone, and were in the utmost perplexity, 
scarcely knowing what to say; they appeared 
very desirous of dropping the subject. Not¬ 
withstanding the invitation given to them to 
take the evidence of Mr. Judson and Dr. Price, 
no question whatever was put to these gentle¬ 
men, nor was any attempt made to deny that 
ample explanation had been afforded by the Bri- 
