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Q. Were any grounds assigned for your imprisonment ? 
— A. Nothing beyond its being stated that it was the will 
of the King. 
Q. Were you ill-treated in the act of being arrested ?— 
A. Nothing perhaps beyond what is usual in similar cases. 
I was tightly bound with cords, and thrown down and 
struck with the knees and elbows in the act of being 
secured. The cords were so firmly bound round my arms, 
that the skin was cut. By a bribe of ten ticals, the officers 
somewhat loosened the cords; and when I was brought 
before the governor of the town, or chief of the police, 
he reproved them for treating me so harshly. 
Q. Were you put in irons ?—A. Yes; immediately. 
Q. What prison were you lodged in ?— A. That in which 
all malefactors condemned to death are lodged. 
Q. What description of persons were confined with 
you?— A. Burman thieves and robbers; state prisoners; 
deserters from the army, of an aggravated description; a 
few prisoners of war taken from the British; and the 
different European gentlemen, like myself, arrested in 
Ava. 
Q. How were you treated in prison?— A. At first with 
great severity ; but after we had bribed the governor to the 
extent of about one hundred ticals each, and the gaolers 
and other subordinate officers in proportion, we were treat¬ 
ed with more lenity. 
Q. What sort of severity was exercised towards you at 
first?— A. We were placed in the inner prison, and put in 
a sort of stocks, forbid a mat or pillows to sleep on, as 
well as all intercourse with our friends. 
Q. Were you allowed food or clothing by the Go¬ 
vernment while in prison ?— A. No ; never. No prisoners 
are fed by the Government. They must starve unless 
supplied by their friends. An exception was sometimes 
