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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
A civil reply, in general terms only, was 
given to this observation. The 1> nr man com¬ 
missioners, from the moment of my accepting 
the treaty, were greatly out of spirits, espe¬ 
cially the senior, who, for the first time, allowed 
the junior to take a lead in the conversation. 
The impression which their behaviour made 
upon us, was, that they had proffered the 
treaty not in good faith, but as a mere artifice; 
and that they were mortified and disappointed 
that difficulties were not made upon our side ? 
especially on the subject of the fourth article, 
from which they might have drawn some ad¬ 
vantage, when their proposition to defer the 
payment of the third and fourth instalments 
should be brought forward. 
The treaty w r as signed, sealed, and delivered, 
about six in the evening. The following is a 
literal translation : — 
“ A Commercial Treaty, signed and sealed at 
the Golden City of Ra-ta-na-pura, on the 23d 
of November 1826, according to the English, 
and the ninth of the decrease of the moon, Tan- 
soung-mong, 1188, according to the Burmans, 
by the Envoy Crawfurd, appointed by the 
English Ruler, the Company Buren, who go¬ 
verns India; and the Commissioners the At- 
wenwun, Mengyi-thi-ri-maha-then-kyan, Lord 
