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APPENDIX. 
Jeronimo de Cruz. 
Q. What is your name, and of what country are you a 
native ?— A. My name is Jeronimo de Cruz. I was bom 
at Rangoon, and educated at the Portuguese school of 
that place. 
Q. Where did you learn to speak English?— A. I 
made several voyages to Bengal, Madras, and Penang, as 
a Secunnie, or Quartermaster of an English ship, and in that 
situation learned a little English, Hindustane, and Malay. 
Q. Do you understand the Burman language ?— A. 
Yes; and can read and write it with facility: I also 
understand the Siamese, and a little of the Talain lan¬ 
guage, for I once resided nine months at Martaban, super¬ 
intending the construction of a ship. 
Q. What was your employment after you left off a 
sea-faring life?-— A. I acted as a linguist to strangers at 
Rangoon. 
Q. When the English arrived at Rangoon, where were 
you?— A. I had been at Ava sometime before; but when 
that event took place, I was on my way to Rangoon with 
the Sakia Woonghee, appointed Governor of Pegu, having 
then been nominated a King’s Linguist. 
Q. Are you acquainted with any of the principal offi¬ 
cers of the Burman Government?— A. Yes. 
Q. Who are they ?— A. Mendagi, the Queen’s brother, 
the Prince of Sarawadi, Memiaboo, the King’s half-brother, 
the Ki-Woonghee and several others. I also knew the 
late Bandula. 
Q. How long were you at Ava before the commence¬ 
ment of the war?— A. A few months. 
Q. Did you ever hear any of the principal officers of 
the Burman Government express their sentiments respect- 
