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a quarter of an hour longer, and then was dis¬ 
missed.” 
The answer to the letter of the Governor of 
Madras is not in the person of the King; for this 
would be contrary to custom. It is in the follow¬ 
ing strain. “ In the East, where the sun rises, 
and in that Oriental part of it which is called 
Chabudu ; the Lord of water and earth, and Em¬ 
peror of emperors, against whose Imperial Majes¬ 
ty if any shall be so foolish as to imagine any 
thing, it shall be happy for them to die and be 
consumed; the Lord of great charity, and Help 
of all nations, the great Lord esteemed for hap¬ 
piness ; the Lord of all riches, of elephants, and 
horses, and all good blessings; the Lord of high- 
built palaces, of gold; the great and most pow¬ 
erful Emperor in this life, the soles of whose feet 
are gilt, and set upon the heads of all people : we, 
his great governor and resident here, called Moa 
Acsena Tibodis, do make known to the Governor 
N. Higginson.”—It concludes as follows :—“ The 
mighty and powerful Emperor has done the 
honour to the Governor for the English Com¬ 
pany in Madras to send him a present, being 1500 
viss lack, 2500 viss tin, 300 viss ivory, six earthen 
dishes, and eight lackered boxes.” 
The next notice we have of the Burman do¬ 
minions is in 1709, when Pegu is described by 
Capt. Alexander Hamilton, in his 44 New Account 
