It béing-expected -that -I should w a iK Q n - t k ^ ^ l 'f e ^ ^ ^ re c e iv e
iffl^persor^'tkhftremuner.atjori* 1^eyg^signpd,ta,.;make,_,for the-.presents they
had obtained^ I s.e&M on tthfe Rlst of September, a message to the Engy
IfleefcfeS'.rto acquaint-him that, if it s d } t^ » h is -G o j^ e ^ p ^ .J 'w o u ^ p a y
my respects to him the following day, or postpone my visit to any other,
he might" think proper to appoint: I likewise dispatched a messengêrmith
a similar notification to the Prince of Promev .tl?0m'thg‘first l rec,ejyed,a
civil reply, excusing himself from seeing me on .account of the indisposition
of the princess, who had lately been brought to b e d ; but. acquainting
me, that if I chose to attend,':the .presents for the English government,
would be delivered to me in the Rhoom of his palace, or to any person
whom I might appoint to receive them. I replied,- that being debarred o f .
the honour of seeing him, I would depute Mr. Wood tojaCcep^his.presents
in the name of the Governor-General of,India: Frame-
I h®S not the honour of,an answer»
On the V9d, Mr. Wood waited on the Engy Teekien, and was received
with much civility at the Rhoom by his ministers ; the presents were formally
produced, and conveyed to our residence by the prince’s servants.
As the Prince of Prome had not returned an answer to my message, I
imagined that some misapprehension had occurred.’ Being desirous of
appearing to put the móst favourable construction on every part of their
conduct, I requested Mr. Wood to send a messenger, when he went to
the house of the Engy Teekien, to apprize the Prince of Prome th a t he
meant. afterwards:- to-pay ;his,respe'cts to him. To this intimation was returned
what Mr. Wopct considered a satisfactory reply; and as soon as1
the first visit was ended; he proceeded to the Prince of Prome’s palace,
where the treatment he received, was extremely ru d e ; after standing for
Xofiie 'tte e 'a ttfi^hlei^gate# exposed ,'tq.thel,Sun| he wasjlhfOrmgd^bhaii, the
« im jS ta as»not- at home I j
S^VT'tow e-t u dt I idle he njembus' of, the ros j-L farads pighblje. in/poljteness
to me, I determined.not to suffer their example to influence my conduct
towards them, o,v to neglect any mark of deference, that was due to. their
RluSfr4ousT^nk'.&\iM(i3'daw Rra-w,Cfhe mbther of'the Queen|t being a per-
sonage venerable from her .age^J&rf^d'rgpifi^dTrdmihaihighTcdnngctions;
her bidur ioui.jlsir on*oific mtioduqriofi lu\in^#lkcn dismia.mslu.-d (iytfctifal
bility and'^aKtftfe^sv I was jui^mjc lLasoukv'fh’si^ous of paving such as
character particulaTi’espeet vand.v ith;th it \ icv* sy nt a i omjilinit m uy; mes-
sagp'to her;similar to thakwhicl&had beerhdi lis in d lootln.-rnoprincess- she
^|^flrned^m,.answer, that! tRe-timst das would Rulppfu^KGTikj iL' Lo
hti tor my rcccpti<{n„ I likewise intimated untbe soutI ^ e plane esmvv interF
dlqh^ipaying them a y i$it|to which.they replyed^l)) i \ul>;d’U),mphment.^
On the next day, th6 iJkR bp roe ceded- m form lo the si muse of Mecd'iw
Pi aw at the appointed hd|g£ and w as, reeeLvyi^wutesU'l^eh.a^n&lhcnL \s
hyjher?Woqilitor, pifineipgk offi^eiv'; theref were! sevcraljSpersons rof i mk
assembled an the hall .wRen.T entered. After we_ had teen Seated about" a<
quartervof an ,’hour, a pet soil! carnCj'PM'tlk fiohi'*tKe ’muOnrj apartnu Tit and
infoimed us. that the princess had gouty to-the palace.-» to: sLcMffi(j).uc i n jic r
daughtet, but wauld retuiii in aifq^myiutcs.. ™Wns'Ir rhought raihu.an
extraordinary step, as she herself had determined the precise time when
I was to come. These minutes, however, were protracted to an hour; jin,
the- interval,; pawn, frujt and sweetmeats? \yei'c scrvul&uip’. i -Yt, lengthy
when' her. ministers-;perceived that-.myjpatiphce"; was ||& d u ^ |d ^ ’arid I
would wait no longer, a message was^del|ve8id|to,-me ftoi»MpEincessyeX-1
eusing.her appearance, on a plea of indisposition; at the same time three