feottesa'f a r t knslhe Jafe rehèlëtacç and ali
whose infiuéftfefe ïréndëred’ithem foimidablé, were included in the list of the
proscribed. ■- -Several- fled' from persecution ; and after the storm blew over,
settled in Tonght), or the tributary provinces of 'Zêmee,.. Sandepoora, and
Èlfë!disfrictpJ|iJjâGên't. “'
These are -amongst the last transactions of Shembuan s life : after duly
solemnizing ft®' Ceremony of putting on the 'lee, he prepared to return to
his Capital, having given mstiuctions to his general, Maha-see-soo-ra, to
prosecute the war against the Siamese. !
•Iri -thé 'beginning of the year 1776, Shembuari left Rangoon with the
same retihiîe, and in the same pomp wbichbeforeattendeddiim 9 during the
early stages of his progress, he felt the first symptoms of his mortal illness.
Alarmed at the danger, and impatient under his sufferings, he quitted’his
slow-drawn boat o f‘state, and embarking in a lighter: vessel, fastened to
his capital, hoping there to find relief; but his days were numbered, and
he, wâs doomed shortly to" resign his diadem and life to that power, which
disregardsJévën-the Roasted immortality of Birman,kings.
Languishing -under a slow fever, and distempered with scrofula, 'Sherm
buan obtained little benefit from the efficacy of medicine. In order to breathe
a fréêr air, he -changed the fort of A va for the open plains: temporary
wooden houses Were erected; on the highest banks that overhung the
stream, and Jon spots to which superstition pointed as the site of'health.
But the skill of astrologers proved fallacious, and no wind that blew wafted
alleviation to-his pains : after fatiguing himself by frequent removals, he
felt it was b u t an useless 'aggravation of his sufferings ; hopeless of life, he
returned to the fort to prepare for the last scene, and settle the affairs of
the empire and the succession to the throne.
-in 'ShQtobuanjhad itwo, hon^.'tffienguaa'y and^sphelenp'; byidifferent mother^
the liu t. at this time oiajhfeen >eais<akugel was bojjij4v.ob<tlieipimeip™
.queen j - ^ e ^ t t e r , notjpo^ithan.alffiniKn^the'.offspriing.ofiatfevburite cons-.
Gdm^^fion,J^toyie.en>titihe^p,ffiiR@thers iWasvag^^yeppscarcely,to> he
.dreaded; whilst. Memien,, the sent o f Njamdogee-Praw, seemed .todheptao
jClo&ely^iiipwure.d ip-ffionastie’ p r ifa ^ jto .^aise^a»b^«t^he4sacG©M(»
^tdprtJreless^-^p^fc^n^tqok .every prudent ifajegaptasn .Aorirapsmit. an
UUdiAputtd sceptiq; he\.e\j.i Led, h.erririid,nobibt\vj,solemn pi<umse ,ol allo-
.gimee-hrhis. hpiy' mbielyi iffie .'respect entertained far-t^e .d^ajafcter of. the
feh e r, 'inclined jeyv do, withheld finmnihepsoo., ifflaiviqg,:sati«faetpri!liy4a'd-
justed ^ t em p p r a l ! e©n§erris,< .the mpnaroh,yielded, ,up ffijswbieath i n .the
city* qfrA^/sbdutAheupiddb uffpring; ip.thaaye&r
TJhfilph^racteijnffiRhembuan.is that,ofian^patprepint^figemt.,, and.active
jp jp e . fJeirerfueedjthe p^tfcy &avereigns.cifpeM^^eighbaurkigiprovmoes,
Xai^-sj^cmffpermahenl vassalage,...who had before oqly^eldednariespltaaw
conquest: fhe^eplfe^Eopapelled, .as^habwasyim/tribumr^p^icps^tayrepai r
i^persop, OTibyhepresentatives; at stated p ^ i ^ , l a n d . p ^ y
hpm|tge at riie ^ol^^feeiU; lamfng.them ■ ar^ipumbere^jfiedbrd^flfijSani-
Repriuiaff (ianibodia^,. Zcmcg, (t>uantoug, Bamoo, »ml others jrtoiynlior.wit{i
isji ^ S -rlessiri-vilized bribes, finhahitingAhe. westerp^iilL^ndabe moun-
trinaSus3fciaets:that .intersect the Gauntry ^astwaud-sf^.river JrE&waddy.
. v bheinbuan wabimmn&t points a Superstitious observer ,pf tbe.ritgs.and
precepts of the Birman religion, which originAtirlgj ss.it, ijpu&spbtahlyrines,
latter.;, jin many; essential tenets. > Admitti’ngj ffiejsmctifyi, iando^sy-eiiengihg
the Braminical W m thq^^h^gyotari^sanfSuddlioiEachQr,
Triarreaners,-;Kdfi^,.»rïaîYoos.