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Q. What did the Sakia Woonghee do when he heard 
of the arrival of the English at Rangoon ?— A. He was at 
the time a little above Yandabo, and proceeded imme¬ 
diately to Rangoon. He afterwards fought at Kemmen- 
dine. 
Q. Did you accompany him ?— A. No; I was in a 
heavy boat, and did not reach Rangoon until a month 
afterwards. 
Q. Were you present in any of the actions before Ran¬ 
goon ?— A. No; I was wandering about in the jungles for 
three months, looking for my wife and children, and only 
heard occasionally of what took place. 
Q. What did the Burmans say when they heard of the 
arrival of the English at Rangoon ?— A. They were very 
glad, and said they would soon kill them all. The English, 
they said, fought with their whole bodies exposed. They 
themselves would dig trenches, lie down in them, and, 
suddenly getting up, shoot all the strangers. A soldier at 
this time could be got for five ticals. 
Q. What did the Burmans say when they heard of 
the destruction of Thongba Woonghee and his force?— 
A. They were much terrified, and could not be brought 
to fight. A soldier then could not be got for one hundred 
and fifty ticals. 
Q. What opinion did the Burmans entertain of the Bri¬ 
tish troops ?— A. They were very much afraid of the Eu¬ 
ropeans. They said they fired straight at them ; and in 
scaling the stockades, if one of them was killed, another 
took his place; and when a man’s hand was cut off, he 
scrambled over with the other. They were not much afraid 
of the Sepoys, who, they said, fired over their heads, and 
warned them to be off. They said the Sepoys were friendly 
to them, and did not wish to hurt them : they were good 
men. 
