448 JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
na-pa-ra, Tam-pa-di-pa, and many other great 
countries, when merchants with an English 
certified pass from the country of the English 
Ruler, and merchants from the kingdom of 
Burma, pass from one country to the other, sell¬ 
ing and buying merchandise, the sentinels at 
the passes and entrances, the established gate¬ 
keepers of the country, shall make inquiry as 
usual, but without demanding any money; and 
all merchants coming truly for the purpose of 
trade with merchandise shall be suffered to pass, 
without hinderance or molestation. The Go¬ 
vernments of both countries also shall permit 
ships with cargoes to enter ports and carry on 
trade, giving them the utmost protection and 
security. And in regard to duties, there shall 
none be taken, beside the customary duties at 
the landing-places of trade. 
“Art. 2 .— Ships whose breadth of beam on 
the inside (opening of the hold) is eight royal 
Burin an cubits, of nineteen and one-tenth Eng¬ 
lish inches each, and all ships of smaller size, 
whether merchants from the Burmese country 
entering an English port under the Burmese 
flag, or merchants from the English country 
with an English stamped pass entering a Bur¬ 
mese port under the English flag, shall be sub¬ 
ject to no other demands beside the payment 
