5 8 4 EMBASSY TO A VA .
CHAPTER XII.
Place ofRXsidénfed&éribéd.— Deputation f r o m China provincial not I m perial.—
R h o o m , a Buildingsometimes aUached loprivate Mouses— Rea-
■ ’son hfit .— Munificence of the B i r m a n Government— Letter f r o m General
Erskint— op inedby the B i r m a n Minister— Apology. Ap pearanceof
the adjacent Country— parched for W a n t of R a i n - Gassay Farmers
W o m e n industrious-— f& W the Boats— f o n d of singing.— Chinese' M u r
' ~sic ?discordant a n d troublesome— Indolence of the Chineses K i ng
g returns to the Capital.— Eclipse of the M o o n — R e a s o a :of, Delay
Pride of the Court— its Punctiliousness— Letter f r o m the Go ve rn or
General translated— present a Memorial— Embassies .usually
of three Me rn be nm ^P is it f r o m the junior Deputies.Jromc~Ghim^
whimsical Ceremony.— Return the Visit— Subject of fianversation-, -=#
A s soon as m y visitors took their leave, I m a d e a . survey öFlóitr new
habitation ; it was a spacious house o f one stóryr raised ;fromléèiï|fea< i‘
somewhat moré'than two feet, and better covered-than B irm a n ll^ # s J
usually afe'f it consisted of two good sized rooms, ahd a la^évïrando'-or
balcony; the partitions and walls were made of cane mats, with latticed
windows ip the sides : the shape of the roof was such as dastiflgmsEel’the
houses of nobles: it was altogether a comfortable habitation,, and well
adapted to the climate. Mr. Wood had a smaller house erected^behind
mine, and parallel to it, and Dr. Buchanan another at right angles. Small
EMBASSY , 1-0 AV-Aj. '
■ jfepara tJgWi fpnstBnr ted» hiijffli^tpaijd,, aiid* % p^attendahitp ; the
whole w i-» suiywidfcd b d ^ sU o i i^ l^ ity tjJ ih iig f^hy-J^Ri lipcd-p. coUi.fc
Vard'. 0 U1U Lllt-LS%‘vf tr Ucs^atWn h o rit^ .m y .^ g s e j the,
[p^hqs b a o k ^ td s -liijAe^wjlffiothcsc g on ;dè^|fkhe pahngj^sa;?, a
bJi^d, i^ -jiiu h> a 11 iiin iu,jy.iaid< us fioin^iJuL^,
keep oil thtipcpjl it o»} uuUpînb'ibht h itijv^ t&pml (m^iinn\i-ment^
Àÿ.<5)n the « lrirte i.n |y ^ g ^ ^ ^ g^hi ^ m
pieuses wuetfChci ted loç tbruJ'duries^d.epiilit^wjK) had}
'm«jp(>oiauboit.tj1rw<> moiith^keiprç.jus, tlthcyi^ivLisoii,n.i.^t îgpifr
!j,eutul as runipo«mi|r^yjL\.abmisM<in lttjiik»th^p|xi^lA.Lc.n> ot Pekin,
b11tjcnfeyjits-Ltyeos l ir l \ ik cWryctto^suÿpuddb'f^fciîî.v;ih ira c iu litlticrt
lisu.liighci.iliau ill it- o i ç ç ,o>; rni1 al,/ a_(,Îoiuly ati^egce .joi^ iuiaih^,
the south \M.st;pE,ovm<-G t>i Ckma,i,\vliKh bonnets on ijie kingdom _oi Asa.
.a\C(!)njei' lui e- that w as aiu lw arils fcoi?^ mi d . aMjhutoltA(l^çoJiipimîed’.bt]ia
{Gfivtinor,oi Banioo,-which is the^hontici. prpyiil^^.^^fch^PApiiali^vATidï
jüpdci stood thatjjthiu business was, to adpist.Mftfte m e t c a n t i i s - , i e -
lating tdjjtl^e yee^tQi mart, wlioic^the cpmmoditioÿ ii^jthe tw(£\cinpms tie
Svcoughi an^djbartered. It w is not,-at ‘dll mi pi ob<rl;jo,|h it^h a mîsWi? liM
bé^:S>jicti®mçd^by:l.b-&:ft%fei|ly ° f A ë EnjpeyjO] yfrjt hidafte myjay y as
wdS a natiyaol Ijckin. and haobJLito|y,.<_omc horn
•dhehce: but the>^a|§e, pride of, the Birman Gouj^sliggysUid.-tbe puerile,,'*
fejpedient of representing it to u s as, an imperial ^n^assyÿ ^distinction to
itwhich, 1 was privately informed horn an authentic,source, i^posscs^d^iio
* The Chinese seem tohavé been-'actuated by"
informed Sir George Staunton,- at the time of-the formal introduction of^ Lord-Macartney,
ithatsMEmbassadors from Pegue” were > present} and, tt&tj ' i <^unif^j'i^î,nd) P e g w e r e
tributary to China such unworthy deceptions not being expected, coulât hardly he- guarded