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APPENDIX. 
A. Six of us were put into the stocks, and eight tortured, 
to extort a confession. 
Q. Was your property taken from you ?— A. Yes. 
Q. By whose orders were you imprisoned ?— A. By those 
of a chief called the Pakanwun, who was afterwards put to 
death by the King, upon which occasion we were liberated. 
Q. How long is it since you were imprisoned ? — A. 
About eleven months ago. 
Q. Was your property restored to you?— A . A small 
part of it was, but the greater portion was plundered by 
the officers of Government and therefore lost. 
(Signed) 
John Barretto. 
Q. What is your name, and of what country are you a 
native ?— A. My name is John Barretto, and I am a native 
of Rangoon. 
Q. Was your father also a native of Rangoon ?— A, No ; 
my father was a native of Holland, and by profession a 
surgeon. He was taken prisoner by the Burmans in Siam, 
along with my mother, a native of that country, and they 
were brought to Rangoon. 
Q . Where did you learn the English language ?— A. 
My father sent me to Madras for education, where I con¬ 
tinued eight or nine years, having been employed as a 
clerk in the Custom House for three years. 
Q. When did you return to Rangoon ?— A. About 
twenty-two years ago. 
Q. Have you resided in the Burman country ever since? 
-— A. No ; 1 have visited Bengal, Madras, and Penang, in 
command of ships, and was once absent about two years. 
Q. Do you understand the Burman language ?— A. I 
speak and read it correctly, but cannot write it fluently. 
