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reached that place of the arrival of the English at Ran¬ 
goon ?— A. I was told that it was considered fortunate 
news. The Ki Woonghee immediately called upon His 
Majesty, and said that a net should be thrown over the 
English, and not one should escape. 
Q. When did they begin to alter their opinion on this 
subject ?— A. After the retreat of Bandula from before 
Rangoon. From that time there was but one opinion that 
they could not contend with the English. 
Q. Are the Burmans at present much afraid of the Bri¬ 
tish troops ?— A. Yes, of the European troops. They said, 
there was no withstanding a people who were not to be dis¬ 
couraged from advancing by death or by wounds. They 
also thought well of the Sepoys, but considered them infe¬ 
rior to the European troops. 
Q. Have you ever heard that any of the Native Princes 
of Hindustan sent Vakils, or emissaries to the Court of 
Ava?— A. About two months before I reached Ava, ten 
or twelve Seiks arrived, declaring they were a mission from 
Runjeet Sing of Lahore. They said they had lost their 
letters and presents. No notice was taken of them by the 
Court until the commencement of the war with the Eng¬ 
lish, when they were sent back with presents, and a letter 
to the Seik Raja, requesting that he would attack the 
English from the westward, while the Burmans attacked 
them from the eastward. These people departed by the 
route of Sylhet. I saw them two or three times, and am 
under a firm impression that they were impostors. Some 
time before my arrival in Ava, some Mahomedans of Hin¬ 
dustan came there, declaring they were Envoys either from 
the Nabob of Bengal or Oude, I forget which. They were 
certainly impostors, and the Court considering them so, 
imprisoned them. One of the individuals in question, a 
Moonshee, is still in Ava, having settled in the country. 
