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secretary. After the interrogation, I was delivered into 
the hands of a gaoler, and detained in the palace that 
day and following night. Next day I was interrogated 
by another secretary. The principal charge made against 
me was, that I had brought up newspapers with me when I 
came last from Rangoon, and did not communicate the con¬ 
tents to the Court. 
Q. What answer did you give to the charge ?—-A. I 
stated, that I was forbid the Court,—did not understand 
the Burman language, and therefore had no means of com¬ 
munication. 
Q. Had any person advised you in regard to the 
conduct you ought to pursue upon such an occasion ? 
— A. Yes. The Prince of Sarawadi advised me to say 
nothing about the war, or give any information respecting 
the dispute about the island of Shahpari. 
Q. After your second interrogatory, how were you 
disposed of P— A. I was kept under arrest at the palace 
until the 8th of June, when I was committed to the 
state gaol, with three pair of irons, by sentence of the 
Lotoo. 
Q. How were you treated when in the palace ?— 
A. During my stay there, I was put seven times into the 
stocks, for not above a quarter of an hour on each occasion. 
I was each time released on payment of a small bribe, to 
extort which was the object of putting me in. 
Q. Were you maltreated when sent from the palace to 
the state prison ?— A. No; none of the prisoners were 
maltreated, with the exception of Mr. Judson. 
Q. How were you treated in prison ?— A. At first, the 
whole of the prisoners had a long bamboo passed between 
the legs, over the fetters; so that one leg rested on the 
bamboo, and the other on the platform on which we lay. 
We had no mats or pillows to lie on. Our food was not 
