pitate haste.made by(his predecessor this.m^ebpmdent, leader diligently
explored his - ground,', halting -where-yer- s u b sM q noe p tp ^ be collected,1
with which many oLthe riehand luxuriant valleys, oft, b°rxijcjecj
thug, continuing' a-cautious -progress, he penetrated,- as, far as the.,pass of
Inchamutty,* two days journey, from..Cospbfé, whère he wys: met-iby- a
deputation from the Raja to solicit peace. Kameouza .prescribed terms,
which, though severe-and humiliating, were accepted: o.,6hawal [consented
to pay, besides a sunt of:money, the abject homigê bf- apniaidèn o f the
rdyal blood to the King of À va, and to send him a tree with-, the,Iro.ot^,
bound i n their, native clay ; thereby indicating/’that iboth-perso’njahd -proq
perty were at the disposal of his sovereign pleasure; these acts being considered
as the most unequivocal proofs of vassalage-;-, expressing/, dnsone
hand, thé extreme of submission, and on.Jhe other, the most,absolute
power, . , ,
Kameouza, in his return to Munnipoora, chastised a race of mountaineers,
named Keingee, by whom he: had been harrassed in his-march,, burning
several of their villages in the districts of Bodassei and Gliaumgaut., Raja.
Anoupsing likewise made his submission; repossession of Munnipoorawas
granted to the fugitive prince, on condition of paying an annual tribute,
and offering the acknowledgment of a royal virgin, and a tree. Matters
being thus adjusted, the Birmans returned to their own country, having
lost above £20,000 men, from the commencement to the close of the expedition,
:;by the various casualties: of war.
These victories lent only a transitory splendor to the Birman arms,
without contributing to.the real and permanent advantage of the state ; it
was impossible to keep possession of the tracts they had over-run, the
* There are passes of the same name in H in d o s tan .
fbwns they hixl stoi mt cI,*5i^lStew2cSlunt!i(JWtlity had subdued. The Birman
nation1’vas1 "tai«/ horn* hciUg/pr)pubu^'JaisSr{)‘rop?)Eri()iT‘ to* ltV wnfias^l
«^tended empire. To'. 1 dtmlfttFiot.Lik. i ‘dqwisitii)n*<of’Pec3ue rjftiSJ&fp m*
subjection its discontented and numerous
vigilaiftc, an(lS’^ i]^ ied ^ ]llf'tllc,*tS(inpV't*hat 'coahk’tv id l^ ^ i|f e ‘c^lJifypuifedij
' 'Oaths are consider wl by eastern vassals, ns ohlnsmons' of
' fe@nycuii.nc) ; as ijciefpaigjthrv’rfornis, to bv>,db•.trWcd*rkjwmgeil 'tJ ft n tl i ij
ispowef1‘to punish' iribl’eacli ,obthem y thcj’emli[tfc,sts)hli&efoitfsmade by ihc
-Birman^, to1’UiS'ri’e’stward, wei e -att'erfddu^ilnpfe'o^ fidiacIjiR
to theiiuntth^',it>rcr<_iari'( e * mfl'ifohHMeisb thCW*dleid\tfnoiJdfli<iie, pifd£!$..
EH^iicTBffgiierspassb^fbreirelafecl, havin'g, raised tiOTs^t^edflliiRaJrsjwuylia®
l'etuined twmffc'Salouiincct, of the Maitabanfi*w«oH whcif'M'alfia W^soi&rjy
tb whbrn tffi,J%8Su'3gdin\,nt',dl the southern Wa’KwtsS intrusted, ari ivccPfat
Rangoon, with an addiSioniil.femloiceninit lof ft0wpsit?aruIt s e v u i l $p i tc c. ■?
oKSfttlJeiv Having augmented'!«* strength with the. soldiers llktt»ABebiife
panied^He' Maywoon, and drafted part (.f^ tT i^ ^ ftto ^ to s ’ai myi amounted
to £20,0'®‘0 Bren; whilst (went) loij^pmfEs^Sj’ ofdiufice londeied'lnihjPldsfi
midable to a foe/ casually aimed vvitlrwhate't'ei *vvea'poh'$tth’dv-ie'cmluR
,jmJcurg. ‘
With* this respectdhl|f®j’Uipment MahhAjl^-soo-V^ toci® tf^ |@ l^® lo u t
t h ' e f t h e year 17'7'i'.^THe-‘hfifimy' were in^Sbs'slVsion ol Martaban,
and had-'ctflleetedi? from ‘various qdartdrs^a ’discSrdatit r ^ h l e V i i r ^ ^ ’eieir
with'nccessarics,- and altogether unamenable to SohWo^jf'fi'dm otte
Birman commander met with little opposition, in a*Tfian.hlicin[eied te'diou?.'’
by ,jthe transportation of ^eavy gq,ns. and^heUdilhcult) ,oh cioss^C' the'
numerous watercourses that jnters^c^A^ilowe^countiy. !,,(-)n,ipaching
the yicituty o j Martaban, overtures of a pa'cific nature*:;^® £ ^ ^ ^® ^ th@
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