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Q. Can yoa recollect any other circumstance affording 
an intimation of the sentiments of the Court of Ava on the 
subject of a war with the British ?— A. Nothing specific ; 
but I may mention a circumstance which occurred to me 
one morning, during my second visit to Ava, at the close 
of the year 1822. I met one of the officers of the young 
Heir-apparent, the only son of the King, then a child of 
about eleven years of age. I asked this person some ques¬ 
tions respecting his young master. In the course of the 
conversation, he used the following expression :—“ This is 
the Prince who, when he arrives at manhood, is to rule over 
all your Kula countries.” This prediction in favour of the 
young Prince was a matter of general belief among the Bur- 
mans, and could refer only to the British territories, being 
the only Kula countries accessible to the Burmans. 
Q. What is the meaning of the term Kula ?— A. Its 
original meaning was, men having caste, or Hindus ; but 
now it is extended to all the nations lying west of Ava, who 
are divided by the Burmans into black and ichite Kulas. 
Q. Have you understood that any of the Asiatic stran¬ 
gers residing in Ava were instrumental in exciting the 
Burmans to a war with the British ?— A. I have uniformly 
understood that the Brahmins of Cassay, Munnipore, and 
Upper India, residing in Ava, from hatred of the British 
rule, were active in instigating the Burmans to war. 
Q. Are there many Brahmins residing at the Court of 
xYva ?-— A. A great many; and they are particularly fa¬ 
voured by the King, and often consulted. 
Q. Did you ever hear any person connected with the 
Burman Government complain of any specific act of aggres¬ 
sion on the part of the British?— A. I have always heard 
that the principal complaint, was the refusal on the part 
of the British to deliver up refugees. This had been a 
subject of complaint during my whole residence in the Bur- 
