TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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to their inclinations. If there be now any of our 
subjects here, we expect, as a matter of course, 
that they will either be given up, or permitted 
voluntarily to quit the country.— JB. We have 
given up all your Sepoys. 
E. Have you delivered up all persons taken 
prisoners during the war, who come under the 
name of Kula-net, whether natives of Cassay, 
Cachar, Assam, or Bengal ? The release of all 
such persons is stipulated for in the eleventh 
article of the Treaty of Yandabo.— JB. We 
have given up all persons for whose liberty the 
treaty provides. 
E. I can furnish you with a long list of na¬ 
tives of our provinces who were captured during 
the war, and who are now, I fear, in a state of 
bondage in this country. I am convinced that, 
when I make this known to you, you will vo¬ 
luntarily cause them to be liberated.— B. We 
are of opinion that we have already complied 
with the Treaty of Yandabo, by rendering up 
all who were demanded of us. 
E. The treaty provides that all persons taken 
prisoners during the war should be delivered 
up. You cannot say that this has been done; 
for there are many persons here now desirous 
of returning to their country, and who are pre¬ 
vented from doing so.— JB. We know of none 
