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now before us. Let them be compared, and fa¬ 
vour me with any observations you may wish 
to make on the subject. 
The drafts were read, compared, and found to 
agree verbatim. 
E. I propose to you to introduce a clause in 
the third article of this convention, providing, 
that in the event of the breach of any one arti¬ 
cle, none of them shall be binding on either par¬ 
ty.— B. We object to this. The penalty should 
fall on you only, if your troops do not evacuate 
Rangoon. 
E. You must be well aware that the condi¬ 
tions here are not reciprocal, but contrary to the 
principle upon which all negotiations ought to 
be conducted between friendly nations. How¬ 
ever, to evince my disposition to oblige you, 
and to show that I have no inclination to create 
obstacles, I will assent to the article as it stands. 
—I wish to make a fair copy of the treaty, as 
it has now been agreed on ; and, to prevent any 
future discussion or disagreement, I prefer mak¬ 
ing it from your draft.— B. We object to this. 
You had better make it from your own. 
E. In your copy there are alterations whicli 1 
have assented to. It will therefore be much 
better that the copy should be made from yours. 
Here a tedious conversation followed upon 
