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to have engaged both in war and trade ; but 
of the existence of the English, even as mer¬ 
chants, no mention is made during the sixteenth 
century. 
In the seventeenth century, we find them pos¬ 
sessed of factories in various parts of the country, 
even as far as B’harno, the celebrated mart of the 
Chinese inland trade. “ On some dispute with 
the Buraghmah* Government,” says Dalrymple, 
“ the Dutch threatened (if they did not even at¬ 
tempt) to bring in the Chinese. This, very justly, 
gave umbrage to the Buraghmah, who immedi¬ 
ately turned both English and Dutch out of his 
dominions; many years elapsed before the English 
could obtain leave to return, and the Dutch never 
were re-admitted.”t 
In 1695, Mr. N. Higginson, then Governor of 
Madras, sent a letter and embassy to the King of 
Ava; of the letter, the following is the address : 
“ To his Imperial Majesty, who blesseth the noble 
city of Ava with his presence, Emperor of em¬ 
perors, and excelling the Kings of the East and of 
the West in glory and honour ; the clear firma¬ 
ment of virtue, the fountain of justice, the per¬ 
fection of wisdom, the lord of charity, and pro- 
* The true name of this people is Mranma, pronounced by 
themselves Myama. We have the following European versions 
of it: Bramaa, Buraghmah, Burma, Burman, and Burmese. 
t Dairymple’s “ Oriental Repertory.” 
