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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
Mohammed Ally was evidently entitled to 
relief and assistance, in accordance with the 
eighth article of the Treaty of Yandabo. 
“ E . I bring to your notice the case of a 
Mohammedan merchant, named Mohammed 
Ally, to whom a debt is owing by one Maong- 
mya. Mohammed Ally is a subject of the 
British Government, and in titled to assistance 
by the eighth article of the Treaty of Yandabo. 
I hand you a paper upon the subject.” 
A Burman paper was here given in, of which 
the following is a literal translation 
“ A Mohammedan merchant, Mohammed 
Ally by name, a townsman of Masulipatam, 
and a subject of the English Government, 
states, that Maong-mya, a townsman of Ava, 
owes him ten thousand ticals of silver, and 
will not pay. I request that the Burman 
Government, according to the eighth article 
of the Treaty of Yandabo, and the first of 
that Sagaing, will grant protection and assis¬ 
tance, in order that Mohammed Ally may 
recover his property.” 
“ B. Who is this person Maong-mya ? Is 
it the present Rewun of Rangoon?— E. The 
person alluded to is not the Rewun of Ran¬ 
goon, but a merchant of Ava, of the same name. 
“ B. We think we understand this case, and 
