throne, and was, it appears, of some help to our columns
when they first advanced to Mog6k after the fall of
Mandalay. But he is now putting behind him the
secular life; he is become a pillar of the Church;-and
having made the pilgrimage to .Mecca, he is now
resolved to devote the remainder of his life to pious
works. He lives, in pursuance of this ideal, next to
the mosque, and the best chamber of his house is set
apart for the entertainment of the Patriarch, who has
come on a visit to him from Talifu.
