TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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Mendama and others, do as may be suitable 
and proper.— E . It is the custom among Eu¬ 
ropean nations to protect strangers who have 
sought refuge among them: we do not permit 
such persons to be claimed as a matter of right. 
But when they have committed crimes in their 
own country, we do not encourage them to settle 
in ours;—on the contrary, we shall be disposed 
to give them up,—reserving to ourselves, how¬ 
ever, the right of doing so, or otherwise. For¬ 
merly you did not understand this custom. You 
insisted peremptorily on refugees being deli¬ 
vered up to you, and you even crossed our fron¬ 
tier in pursuit of them. This, as you know, led 
to troubles, and must not happen again. In our 
country we put no restraints upon our own sub¬ 
jects ; they are free to go away when they please. 
We never think of enticing the subjects of other 
Governments to settle in our lands. If any 
Talaings or others in our territory desire to re¬ 
turn to yours, we will never prevent them. In 
Tambo, meaning “ general or military chiefto which an 
epithet of their own framing was attached. Major Jackson, 
the Quartermaster-general, for example, a very active officer, 
was well known under the name of “ the Chief with the spec¬ 
tacles and the Commander of the Forces was known by no 
other name than Kyit-tambo, or “the Chief wearing the 
cock’s plume.” 
