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tended with considerable sacrifices of the kingly 
dignity, are always bloodless. The late King 
was less subject to these fits of anger than his 
present Majesty, but he also occasionally forgot 
himself. Towards the close of his reign, and 
when on a pilgrimage to the great temple of 
Mengwan, a circumstance of this description 
took place, which was described to me by an 
European gentleman, himself present, and one 
of the courtiers. The King had detected some¬ 
thing flagitious, which would not have been 
very difficult. His anger rose; he seized his 
spear, and attacked the false Ministers. These, 
with the exception of the European, who was 
not a party to the offence, fled tumultuously. 
One hapless courtier had his heels tripped up in 
his flight: the King overtook him, and wounded 
him slightly in the calf of the leg with his spear, 
but took no farther vengeance. 
Nov. 17.—The Barman chiefs came, as usual, 
at one o’clock. 
A Than-d’hau-than read~a copy of the Com¬ 
mercial Treaty, as agreed upon at former con¬ 
ferences ; and Mr. Judson held in his hand the 
copy given in to us in the handwriting of the 
same Than-d’hau-than. The first, fourth, and 
fifth articles agreed exactly. In the third arti¬ 
cle, the words “ hinderance’’ and “ molestation,” 
