-LaBzan loungrait-gnay, third da^Jcç,.,-
Lahzan layrait giiay, fourth day,^C|5,«
Lalizan narait gnay", fifth day, See. J
Lahzan kioukrâit gnay, sixth day' See. • -
Lalizan koonrait gnay, seventh day; Sec.'
- Lahzan sheaseddainraif gnay, eighth day, See.
. Lahzan karai.t gnay, ninth day;' Sec. :
Lalizan sayrait gnay, tenth day, See.
Lalizan say terrait gnay, eleventh day, Sec. .
- Lahzan say-gnerrait gnay, twelfth day, See. 1
Lahzan say sôüngrait gnay, thirteenth day, Sec.
: Lahzan tassay sayrait gnay" fourteenth day, Sec.
: Lah bee, fifteenth day, See.
Lah bee-goo terrait gnay, or the first day ofthe decreasing moon.
: The seventeenth, eighteenth, 8cc. correspond with the second and third
©f the increasing moon, substituting Lah Bee-goo for Lahzan. ■ The last
day of the month, whether of twenty-nine -or thiHy?days,-ls’ called ’Lah
gnay-
... The eighth day of the increasing moon, the fifteenth or full moon, the
eighth ofthe decreasing moon,; and. the lastiday^of the.moom.afe religiously
©hSpYXed. by Birmans as sacred festivals. Omihesjefhebdoinadal'ifiolidayfS
rio public bnsi.Ttia^^tr,amsa&fedi|^k:elj^te.toia,1mefaijtM: dealings are
•'SSSpepdedi f# ^dde^s$jflid- strictly&.pipRS .tajcpnlpf siistepa'ncetbgtweeni];
hbcsi^^®4d Jh e^ tjg g ^ fith je sluri ^buftthisiiiaWer instance
41 scll-dcnTaiviV npi very^oEpmojn, fandjia^^ndfustiood, jslran^'ipj&cti’sed,
g§qept;%l >khgi raetf^ptphSiisSyhfe tM. appeaifajice^'£Sin©ti(ipiis’is6me^imes
•^sumed-, .a^iai la d ^ e x t^ ^ ^ e h itb e grafiy’attemptritoidimb^wpjit^^yin
IBhe Sovereign, himself is aigre%fe^ai^o.ure5oj^||^4uster-i^efe;ofe1:he3irman
^religion; ' -aaid^®^ahief minister*® W(qtagse, h a s t t f o r r s t i a m i a
Birman sabbath; abstained frqmfifepdlsn^lKj%f*^eLSiiB^^bi3a}i%aa^3ve
.khe'iha^feassjiai
-,, ’The Birmans i are extremely if®nd ^ h ^ p & e U y ; a n d ^ ^ ^ t h ^ ^ c l
the former.¥©ddoo • when rep'eated
to theceam* it' is sometimes- irrisuiEGepsiyejKand. often. in ialtprn^|^;^a^esi
A line is: d a l l e ^ ® ^ o ^ ^ a 'ts t* z ^ lia h b 4 u k ^ •„ T-h ey $m ^ ti#H a®w«dl
as jicligious poems ol high-cclehiily, irndtitln y are fond ol ru itmg nifhuoKi
numbers the exploits of their "kings and generals. LSstasynfQrmed’.thab the
ploweSs-bfiAloinpra isiiibeordedlifl verses not unworthy of a monarch..
Music is' a science which is held in' considerable estimation throughout
the Birman empire,-and is. cultivated at .the present day more generally
than in India, notwithstanding it,is there^ternied, las' by :the anc ient Greeks,
the language of the gods. The royal library of Ummerap.pohi is said to
contain many valuable treatises on the art. Some ol the professional musicians
display considerable skill and execution, and thfe*spitd^irs?gTh
jileasing: even to aibead-,un?Ki?|i|tomed;.tfi' suohimeMy. .^ j^ im s e a p a i