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served to us in profusion, by his orders; and 
while we were eating, he came up close to us 
and addressed us frequently. He expressed his 
regret that the elephant was so small as to afford 
little sport, and invited us to another entertain¬ 
ment of a similar nature on the following day. 
He asked if the art of boxing was understood 
in England, and was assured by Dr. Price and 
Mr. Lanciego that the noble science of pugilism 
was as much practised, and as much admired by 
the English as by the Burmans themselves. Du¬ 
ring several hoars that we were in his presence, 
his Majesty never sat for ten minutes in the 
same place, but moved and strutted about in a 
very restless manner. He conversed with con¬ 
siderable affability, and, in short, there was no 
possibility of recognizing in him the prince who, 
a few days before, had spread his prime-minister 
to dry in the meridian sun for a trifling faux - 
pas. We had, of course, a good view of his 
Majesty’s person : I should suppose he is not 
above five feet two inches high, which, after all, 
is not much below the middle size of Burmans; 
his person is slender, but active; he is what is 
called bandy-legged to a remarkable degree ; his 
features are cheerful and sprightly, but not very 
intelligent, and not at all handsome. The most 
remarkable part of his countenance is his fore- 
