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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
walled, and rendered a place of considerable ex¬ 
tent. After a reign of eight years, he died, and 
was succeeded by his son, Uparaja, commonly 
called Naong-tan-kri, or, the 46 royal elder bro¬ 
ther.” This prince made Sagaing his capital, and 
died after a short reign of three years. His suc¬ 
cessor was his brother, whose name is pronounced 
by Europeans Sembuen, but is correctly written 
Chang-p’hru-shang, and pronounced Sen-p’hyu- 
s’hen, meaning 44 king of the white elephant.” 
He removed the capital to Ava. In 1776, he 
was succeeded by his son Sen-ku-sa, of whose 
character a very unfavourable account is given 
in the narrative of Colonel Symes. The account 
given to me was very different. According to 
this, he is stated to have been a prince of a liberal 
and benevolent disposition, much resembling in 
character the present King. His peaceable cha¬ 
racter, however, after a long career of war and 
rapine, rendered him unpopular with the chiefs; 
and after a reign of five years, he fell a victim 
to the intrigues of his uncle, the late king, who 
raised to the throne, in his room, Paong-ka-cha, 
commonly called Maong-maong, the son of Upa¬ 
raja, and therefore the lineal heir of Alompra. 
This personage, a feeble prince, appears only to 
have been used by his uncle as a stepping-stone to 
his own ambition; for he was destroyed by him 
in the first year of his reign, when he himself 
ascended the throne. This prince, known by the 
