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not to go to war; and in the mean while you must march 
slowly.” Bandula answered, “ Yes; do you petition the 
King, and I will march slowly.” 
Q. Do you know what became of that army after¬ 
wards?— A. Before my arrival at Sembeguen, two detach¬ 
ments belonging to it, under the Attawuns Maonza and 
Maongkaing, had marched for Aracan. 
Q. Do you know when Bandula himself marched ?■— A. 
Shortly after I arrived in Ava, a petition from Bandula 
came to the King, giving the news of the arrival of Maon¬ 
za and Maongkaing at Aracan, and requesting orders. 
The King issued a royal order to Bandula, which directed 
him to march upon Chittagong to take that place, and then 
proceed for the capture of Calcutta. 
Q. How did you hear this?— A. I was in daity habit 
of proceeding to the palace with Mr. Lanciego ; and what 
happened at the Nilagang, or morning audience, I heard 
repeated in the evening. 
Q. Did you hear any thing of the operations of Bandu- 
la’s army on the Chittagong frontier?— A. No: when these 
operations took place, I was on my way to Rangoon, ac¬ 
companying the Sakia Woonghee, who was going to take 
charge of his government. 
Q. Have you heard any thing respecting the cause of 
the war between the Burmans and the English ?— A. Yes ; 
I heard that the Aracanese were in the habit of stealing 
men and cattle from the English country; and that the 
English, in consequence, put a guard upon a certain island 
in the Naaf river. The Governor of Aracan reported 
this last circumstance to the King, who sent him an order 
to drive the English out, if they did not retire peaceably. 
I also heard that two chiefs, called Maha Raja and Du- 
b rajah, had fled from the Burman to the British territo¬ 
ries, and that the English would not deliver them up. 
