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or three days without food. When they were supplied, 
they eat to excess, which brought on bowel complaints, that 
proved fatal to them. 
Q. Do you know what has become of the bulk of the 
Sepoys of the British army taken prisoners by the Bur- 
mans ?— A. They were sent to a place called Monai, in 
the country of the Shans, which I suppose to be not less 
than two hundred miles from Ava. I was informed, before 
leaving Ava, that on the demand of the British Com¬ 
missioners, they were ordered back, for the purpose of being 
delivered up. 
Q. What was the reason of their being sent to so great 
a distance ?— A. The Government, on the advance of 
the British army, was apprehensive that the prisoners 
might make a disturbance, and therefore sent them off for 
security. 
Q. Have you read over the depositions which you 
have made before me, and which 1 handed over for your 
perusal?— A. Yes. 
Q. Are they correctly recorded ?— A. I have made two 
or three slight alterations with my pen, and they are now 
correct. 
Q. Are you prepared to swear to them on oath ?— A. 
In answer to this question, I beg to explain, that I object, 
from religious motives, to taking an oath on any occasion. 
For fifteen years, and since entering upon my present call¬ 
ing, I have not taken an oath. I do not object, however, 
to making a solemn affirmation of the truth of what I 
have deposed before you, and beg leave to say, that such 
affirmation was received from me, in lieu of an oath, by 
Governor Farquhar, of the Mauritius, in the year 1813. 
(Signed) 
A. JUDSON. 
