TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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placed for our convenience ; we should otherwise 
have had to ascend a height of five-and-1wenty 
or thirty feet by a single rope, as other persons 
did, for it was low-water. The Wungyi kept us 
waiting at the place appointed for half an hour, 
and then made his appearance in a very plain dress. 
The Ex-Myowun of Ye, and the Akunwun, had 
met us on the wharf, and sat along with us until 
the arrival of their superior. We had a very civil 
meeting with the Wungyi. Notes of the conver¬ 
sation which took place were taken as usual, and 
the following is a sketch of it:— 
JB. You saw the battle the day you arrived, and 
how matters are. I stated my apprehensions to 
you at Henzada, and told you how mischievous a 
person Maong-zat was.— E. I remember your 
warning me against the Talains generally, and de¬ 
nouncing them as a disloyal and treacherous peo¬ 
ple ; but I have no recollection of your ever hav¬ 
ing at all introduced the name of Maong-zat. 
JB. Perhaps I may not have mentioned the 
name of Maong-zat.— E. I take this opportunity 
of mentioning, that the Wundauk and Rewun 
stated to me at Bangoon their apprehensions of 
Maong-zat, and made what I conceived at the 
time a very unreasonable request, viz. that the 
British Government should seize that person, his 
friends and followers, who, at the time, had com¬ 
mitted no offence either against the British or 
Burman Government, and deliver them over to 
