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and I may safely venture to assert, that every 
agent of an European Government to these two 
States may reckon upon encountering similar 
difficulties. With a view to procrastination, 
the Atwenwuns now proposed a number of vi¬ 
sits for our amusement,—such as one to Amara- 
pura, one to the temple containing the celebrat¬ 
ed Aracan image, one to the great tank of Aong- 
ben-la, and one to the celebrated temple at 
Mengwan, which I have before mentioned. To 
put off time, they would have had a day allot¬ 
ted for each of these places, though some of 
them are within two or three miles of each 
other. 
We received a visit this morning from a 
chief named Maong-shwe-lu, whose office is 
named “ North Commandant of the Palace.” 
This person had always shown a great par¬ 
tiality for Europeans, and was a staunch friend 
and protector of Mr. Judson during his impri¬ 
sonment. When Captain Xmmsden and the 
other officers from the camp of Sir Archibald 
Campbell visited Ava, they were hospitably 
received and entertained in the house of Ma- 
ong-shwe-lu. We received him, of course, 
with as much attention as was in our power. 
In manners he was plain and blunt, and spoke 
with a loud voice. This, by the way, is a re- 
