TO THE COURT OF AY A. 
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Ava so humiliating, that, to mark his disapproba¬ 
tion, and satirize the cowardice of his general, he 
sent him the emblematic gift of a woman’s dress! 
It is remarkable, that at the conferences with the 
British Commissioners, which led to peace, the 
Burmese chiefs quoted the example of the Chi¬ 
nese, as one which they expected we should imi¬ 
tate. Each party, they said, then retired from the 
contest on equal terms; the Chinese not claiming, 
as we did, territorial cession, or pecuniary indemni¬ 
ty. The Chinese invasion now mentioned appears 
to be the third of which particular notice is taken 
in Burmese story; for, besides that which I have 
mentioned as having taken place in 1305, ano¬ 
ther happened in the reign of Mang-k’ha-k’he: 
a monarch of Pugan, whose reign commenced in 
1233 , and ended in 1277 - This prince, from his 
conduct on the occasion, is often nicknamed 
44 Tarok-pya-men,” or 44 the Chinese runaway.” 
This appears to have been the most formidable 
attack made by the Chinese; for they are said not 
only to have taken the capital, but to have pushed 
their incursions to the farthest verge of the Bur¬ 
mese territory to the South, where a projecting 
point of land, on the Ira wadi (Airavat, the name 
of Indra’s elephant,) still bears their name, (Tarok- 
Mau, or Chinese point). 
Before concluding this slight sketch of Burman 
story, a few reflections may be offered on its cha¬ 
racter. There is an air of authenticity and moder- 
