princes toame forth from the pakoe* and had# goGifpan-their elephants,
.as their etiquette did notallow any person, qnisuehs Qejrasiqi^.vtQimount
.before the members of the royal family ;- w.e- accordingly:-.toofc^r, places
in this hall as. before: shortly afterwards .the court broke up. with asunueh
form and parade as it had assembled. ,
I The ceremony ofdeparture differed from that of entrance-: the B agyTee-
kien came out first, whowent in la st; .next followed the, other.idepiberSkof
the royal family in rotation, and after them came the. (Shhbwaas?ihrspstty
tributary princes: these are personages who, before the (Bkman§Jiacfiex-
tended, their, conquests over ther vast territory they now 'possess, haid»held
small independent sovereignties, which they were able-to maintain s^tlbpg
as the balance of power c o n tin u é doubtful between .the Birmto%;P§gu£m;
and Siamese; but the decided success that has'ktterided.th^^ftnan.arms
since the accession of the present family, having deprived thern fjfefepiMjflf
dependen ce, their countries are now leduc cd to suboi dinatoqiikiwiiiqcs <jf the
Birman empire. As many of their, governors as, confidence coulcb be, placed
in, and who were willing to take the oath of allegiance to their conquerors,
were continued in the management of their former possessions, and are
obliged to make an annual visit to the capital, to pay homage in person at
the golden feet. The moderation^ as well as the policy .of this measure,
is said to have fully answered the ends that were proposed, *,
As soon as the royal family had departed, we returned to the. place
where we had left our elephants, and proceeded home, with this difference,
that the Chinese deputies, who had followed us to the palace, .preceded us
in our return.; a circumstance which, in addition to several others, gave
me cause to attribute want of ingenuousness to those, who had thé manager
ment o ft he ceremonials. My claim of precedence had been unconditionally
jStijatilaied arid admitted; ^m^^fefed?wflfftlf‘i'6h'd,cenamt\ fhXt the Chi-
Tjosc ’deputies constituted onl
■de'rat'ioh ga*v efmg a fflumluubted* 171(1' * '
{’■"'With a £«pleffl^^v1 at’tcifti'Se t’&'pilii'etflull^isf-’le/s'rtg AjfdfiCl\bfAth£,'{pbb
iyilege.s and ex-teTOM^iiMKaCiCtis''«M'Pankipy.I should ’cu taihh - not lm e
consideiedMfc nebt&'sal^tft^haSnfOTeflHrda'rfEvs b’Mfb 'HU'ilrisl’flfii^onrdirt‘ in
themselves,1 bui?Vliich,''when ■‘intended Vu*8nSutfe^.tn V fleet''bn the mi dels
ol tho<?e w ho can onlj’ fudge1*flom .appeal aric cs, Become’' foKiftpoi sqri1 ip a
public ’capacity, blkea'l1 importance|,t? iKfwoo^CinfLnec Yd this d u ’ mU'
every object that piesented1 itsJcPf/ evinced tlieSqftlGwiiiis mso1 (liaMiu^Jseeu
jliesfowcd.on ’the minutest ptiirttsuif1 tiLq(iet(j?: ulie’utrnost splendom'wVf'flMS
BtftCdiad been d isp liju l on the b te is io n a n d I w’ u^cflililv^'ftiflniiCd^
that the non-appearance of his Majesty wa? l k i t h c r '^ ^ ^ a m ^ ^ n ^ S
yoreigntfijinislu from‘a'sovereign stafb\Wai> to be iuli educed. ning^jraviii^
'fo aniy' accidentalpr^britibif ; but that if was a nnltei yftccIcteinimeJ, 'in?
s.8nlef tS afford’ a preteklTor spreading abibad that tliel epiiscrijatis e of the
English nation had'delivu ed Tiis dispatches, and tcn'dkld'fribulc fl'dr«?
they denominated the presents) without fceinghbnouiccl*!jyt‘an m t^ J iT ^
of their King Thesc'apparcnt indieatiuns of arrogances \\hsch‘,’Wcie£ffire
.diminished by the unworthy artifice df'making?me' bcliev e, that, his Majesty
Was to have received in person the ImffeWffo n theCbfcfhbi' GuteraJ,
as coming from a sovereign and an equal flow er^gayej) Cftonabl e
grounds to he dissatisfied with the rr.annei ifr*$Iuch the Ceremonials h id
been conducted, and’ fnade me ’suspec t the remMigHt in whiclr’rl W -th e '4
wish o f the court that I should bVcdnsidtred. -/Wnotliifig,
grading to ,m y public charactei had yet fhk"ri avowed, I reliaihS&*fioin’