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made in favour of British prisoners of war. The King 
ordered each a basket of rice a month (561bs.), but they 
never got one-half of it. 
Q. How long did you continue in the prison at Ava?— 
A. Eleven months: nine months, with three pair of irons 
on; and two, with five. 
Q. Where were you imprisoned after being liberated 
from your incarceration at Ava ?— A. I was sent, along 
with the other European prisoners arrested, to a place 
about ten miles from Ava, and four from Amarapura, 
called Aongbenle, and there imprisoned. 
Q. What was the cause of your removal to Aongbenle ? 
— A. It was generally stated and believed, that the Ameri¬ 
can and European prisoners were removed to that place for 
the purpose of being put to death, as a kind of sacrifice, 
previous to the Pakan-Wun taking the field against the 
English. 
Q. Who was this Pakan-Wun?— A. An officer raised 
to the rank of Woonghee, and placed in the command of 
the army upon the death of Bandula, and the failure of 
the other chiefs who had acted against the English. 
Q. Were you personally acquainted with him ?— A. I 
had met him occasionally in the palace, and saw him for 
a few days in the same prison with myself, during a short 
confinement, when he had incurred the temporary dis¬ 
pleasure of the King. 
Q. You state, that it was intended to put you and the 
other prisoners to death ; what do you suppose was the 
reason that this intention was not put in execution ?— A. 
The intention of putting us to death was at the instigation 
of the Pakan-Wun. This person, after being about a 
month or six weeks in power, fell into disgrace, was charg¬ 
ed with treasonable practices, and executed at an hour’s 
notice. The idea of putting us to death was then dropped. 
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