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enduring and unbroken amity and friendship which was 
thenceforward to subsist (betwixt Siam and Kedda) 
The gold and silver flowers were ready at the end of five 
months. Raja Fra Ong MahaPotisat accordingly gave them 
in charge to Kalahom, and also a number of other presents 
for his Majesty of Siam* also a letter from himself to his 
Majesty.^ 
So the Raja of Kedda and his four ministers asked per¬ 
mission of Kalahom to return to the fort of Kwalla Muda. 
Kalaborn after unceasingly impressing on the Rajah’s mind 
the advice he had before given to him, regarding the govern¬ 
ment of his country, permitted him to depart, while lie him¬ 
self set off for Siam with the flowers, presents, and letter, 
these being marks of his having fulfilled his mission by in¬ 
stalling the Raja of Kedda, and of all his doings while in that 
country. 
The letter and the gold and silver flowers and the presents 
were conveyed by Kalahom to Siam, and presented by him 
to the great Raja as play things for his child. He also gave 
a true account of his mission. The Raja of Siam was much 
gratified. After this period the Rojas of Siam never ceased 
sending envoys yearly to the country of Kedda, with friendly 
and amicable letters to the Raja, nor did the Kedda Rajas 
ever cease to reciprocate such presents and letters. [16] 
NOTE. 
[16] I have sufficiently identified the places mentioned in the 
preceding pages, I went last year to look for the place called 
Sala which however had perhaps nothing to mask the spot origi¬ 
nally. I proceeded up the stream still called Sala, until stopped 
by a rocky bottom, ar.d close to a hill of moderate elevation called 
Choras on the summihof which I found the remains ol what appear¬ 
ed to have been temples. The word Sala is Magadha. 1 Uus in 
the Mahawanso p. 117 1 find it stated the hall built on that spot 
to perpetuate the miracle became celebrated by the name of Sam- 
mudasanna—Sala. 
* There is no mention here of any relationship existing betwixt the Kedda 
Raja and the king of Siam, although only two Ragas had intervened since as 
the alleged brother of Sri Makawangsa had become king of Siam. 
[7b be Continued .] 
