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tish commissioners at Yandabo. Dr. Price, who 
sat next to them, reminded the Atwen-wun 
Maung-ba-youk, of the explanations which had 
been afforded to him at Yandabo. This person 
feigned, however, not to understand him, and 
turned away to avoid the subject. After we 
had got up from the table, I informed him 
through Doctor Price, that I was sorry to be 
obliged to bring forward facts that might be 
unpleasant to him, but that I was compelled to 
do so by themselves. The reply was, “ It is 
best, after all, that the whole truth should be 
known.” He had at all times scarcely spoken 
a word, when the subject of the Saluen frontier 
was introduced, and upon the present occasion 
his embarrassment and distress were such, that 
they appeared evident to every one present. 
The paper respecting the Saluen frontier 
which was first tendered to me, was not again 
brought forward, nor was any use made of a 
great many maps which it was intended to pro¬ 
duce. The Atwen-wuns delivered the follow¬ 
ing note:— 
6f In the statement which the Envoy Craw- 
fur d has now made, it is implied that something 
has been said with a view to break the Treaty 
of Yandabo. Since it is said in the third and 
fourth articles of the treaty, that the Saluen 
