Cox's Bunnhan Empire . 
totally unprovided for, destitute of the 
encouragement and appropriate instruc¬ 
tions from my employers, 18,000 ru¬ 
pees in advance for the service, with¬ 
out the authority or certainty of reim¬ 
bursement, and almost destitute of hope 
of success, the consciousness of having 
deserved it is my only support. 
September 17- About two p.m. I re¬ 
ceived a letter from the mayhoon, in 
which he acknowledges the receipt of 
mine. Complains that the articles in 
it are too long for present consideration 
and advises me to go to the looto, re¬ 
ceive the commission which his majes¬ 
ty has been graciously pleased to grant 
me, take the oath of allegiance, and 
go to Rangoon ; adding, that when I 
had remaine 1 there for some time, I 
might return to Ainarapoorah, when 
his majesty would take into his royal 
consideration any further request I 
might have to make. To this 1 an¬ 
swered in polite and mild terms, that 
1 lamented it was not in my power to 
comply with his excellency’s request, 
and therefore had only to beg of him, 
to obtain his majesty’s permission for 
my proceeding to Rangoon, and to quit 
Ills dominions. I understand that the 
mayhoon has been consulting with the 
Enga Tekaing all day; and suppose 
this letter is merely an effort of his 
own to gain time, or shift the burden 
from his own mind; which I am sure 
must be to him a very perplexing one, 
as by tliis time I have pretty well con¬ 
vinced him of the impolicy of the 
Burmhasi court; and made him feel 
for their shameful conduct towards me : 
at the same time the impracticability 
of his country man’s temper is such as 
to make him despair of working a 
change for the better.’ Great allow¬ 
ances are to be made for these people, 
and no one can be more willing or 
ready than I am to make them, but 
experience has taught me, that to re¬ 
cede in the least, would only tend to 
provoke them to further acts of auda¬ 
city. I believe it maybe laid down as 
a general maxim in our commerce with 
mankind, that he who attempts to rule 
or persuade by the milder virtues alone, 
will experience little else than disap¬ 
pointment and mortification: butrwhere 
authority and firmness are added there¬ 
to,opposition will be less frequent, be¬ 
cause it must he less successful. Let 
me extend these reflections a little fur¬ 
ther: love and fear are said to be the 
strongest passions that influence the 
human mind: Some politicians, Ma- 
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chiaveil! in particular, ascribe the 
greatest power to the latter; but in 
truth, when uncombined they are both 
trausient and uncertain; when united, 
permanent; for we love nothing so 
much as that which we fear to lose; nor 
truly fear any thing, but what we at 
the same time revere and esteem; or 
or in other words, fear is the best stimu¬ 
lative to love, and love or reverence 
the best support of fear. What is true 
of the individual, holds equally in re¬ 
gard to the species or any portion of it. 
No treaty or compact therefore can be 
permanent which has not these prin¬ 
ciples united for its basis. I confess 
myself but a novice in the diplomatic 
art, immersed unexpectedly in the 
ocean of intrigue, without light or 
guide, but what I can derive from the 
glimmerings of my own reflection and 
judgment, being unhappily debarred 
communication with those from whose 
better judgment I could receive instruc¬ 
tion and advice; if, therefore, I am un¬ 
happily betrayed into error, 1 humbly 
trust my employers will judge me with 
tendernesss and forgive the fault for 
the sake of the intention, which has 
been, at every risk, to advance their 
particular interests, and promote the 
general good. 
THE BUHMHAN ARMY. 
September 22. In the morning Mr. 
Keys attended the enga’s whoon, the 
present generalissimo, by appointment, 
to visit the Bunnhan camp, situated on 
a pleasant plain about three miles 
E.N.E. from the fort. He found the 
men hutted in an irregular manner, 
and scattered over the plain. Ashe 
did not see them drawn up, he could 
not judge of their arms or numbers, 
but lie saw several muskets among 
them, spears, shields and swords; and 
guesses, that they do not exceed 10,000 
men ; the general said 20,000, but you 
deal liberally with a Bunnhan when 
you give him credit for one half of what 
he says. Attached to this camp he also 
saw a bazar, very well stored with pro¬ 
visions, and various articles of traffic 
for the supply of the recruits; this, he 
was told, was to attend them on their 
expedition. The general pointed out 
the route they were to take to Jamai, 
over the eastern range of mountains; 
and when asked how they transported 
their artillery over them, he said, the 
pieces they look on such expeditions 
were very light, carrying a half-pound 
or pound ball at the most. He was 
very attentive to Mr. Keys, and re- 
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