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Q» Have you eyer been in Ava or Amarapura ?— A. 
I have visited both several times, and resided at the capital 
occasionally, from one to four months at a time. 
Q. How have you been lately employed?-—./!. I was 
employed in conveying goods to and from Ava, as the 
agent of English merchants. 
Q. How have you been employed since the commence¬ 
ment of the war between the Burmans and English ?— 
A. When news reached the Court of the arrival of the 
English at Rangoon, the Prince of Sarawadi, brother to 
the King, was ordered down to Donabew, and directed me 
to accompany him as an interpreter. 
Q. Where were you when the war broke out, and some 
time before ?— A. I was at Ava when the war broke out, 
and for five months before. 
Q. Were you acquainted with any of the principal 
officers of the Burman Government?— A. I was not ac¬ 
quainted with any of the principal officers, except the 
Prince of Sarawadi. 
Q. Had you any means of becoming acquainted with 
the sentiments of the Burman Government respecting a 
war with the British ?— A. No ; no particular means. 
Q. Did you hear that Maha Bandula had marched with 
an army toward Arracan ?— A. Yes, I heard so. The 
army had left Ava before my arrival there. The Ban- 
dula’s army was at Sembeguen, as I went up the river, 
and at a distance I saw their huts and flags. 
Q. Did you hear where the Bandula’s army intended 
to march ?— A. I merely heard that the army was to march 
to Arracan. 
Q. Did you afterwards hear any thing of the opera¬ 
tions of this army ?—A. Yes; I heard that it beat the 
English at a place called Pangwa, and took it from them. 
Q. Did you ever hear the Prince of Sarawadi express 
