oji monastery,; -pag© 3# ^ afFordsa curious-specimen o f their
minupe aqejiraey.j
s?|Tk@ Plate which represents; the. introduction o f the
EngUsh -gentlemen,§page 414,. does mot include all the
objects that were in the- original drawing, there, not bfs|a||
sufficient lopm to admit them; it, however, exhibits.a just
view o f the manner, in which th© courtwasi assembled.!. A
print cannot conveyian adepffiite ffiea o f the bmd'liaiacy. of
the dresses, and the generalefffiet.. u
The methpd of catching, wild ele^kants ha. Ava,( Ik w »
assured, : ra faithfully delineated; ini the; drawl ragf from
which; the Plate, page was. taken* This •drawing^as
copied from a painting on glassy in thepossessions olv the
King-: it correspoiffi^\vffik the roode practised in Sianst, as
described in abppk, intided, “ A Relation ofetfoe Mp^fog© to
“ Siam,, performed by six Jesuits-in^th^cyeaiE in
which the folio wing passage occurs: The. huntsMeny Who
££ were, mounted on tame effiphants,;threw»theffi;a4o«pS9fS®
“ exactly in the place where the. elephants. set their foot,
“ that they neyer foiled of catching, tbemffil This? man?
ner of securing these, powerful animals^ I imagine, is
not commordy, used, in other, countries, of the: Easfc,'r ■
Several of th e human figures bear a striking resemblance
ffiÿiuf#fd1tkPWlg|ÿffite|lpâ#Sicuîariy the Sere-dogee,' or
déctetaFy-bf Stai#'pagëCMg v"!’Mid{tke man and woman- of
the Mayti -tpibey ffi&gW 4W@% '* t i e dr^ss- andcharacter; i in- all
‘thê ‘èmély well? preserved 11?
: The- kikdaefesS^dlolQnei 'Sif jo k n Mliffiayf stipplied me
with^tkb ©©di-stlf Arffican-'Emws*, ;frém which the Birman
©h-erma ,:^ ^ r-l^ # jffip iiid i& a lt^ ë ild fc ‘iffi* ©ftéerbêffi that
all- the vârioiks| law the-HindoOis,
throughout! Hiridoosban,-? in its- expensive!1 signiffiatioffi
thd5-r©gion.:pf Hlnddos:, whether sectaries- ©fr Boddffil or
of firahmaf - sarehut so1 many commentaries on the haw
of Mepw the great arid aeknowledgéd’fimmdeî- Qf Hindoo
j-Itrispratfenkfe, whose; ffiriginM yyvabrk has been translated
with much efegbn©e-by: the late Si« William; jfonesi : \
>d Titeiaccountrcffithe city of Pegue, and the stupendous
temple ©ffiShoemiafto©:, hasrabead}! appeared im the fifth
VoluÈieütffith-ei'- ÀsiaticdieieàFdhës, ppiffiëd ffiffi&loofltay I
did nbt-; how© vdffiçoncëlve, that it otbglit, on-tfaaW account,
to; b©omitted in général descriptlomof t-hecounffiy, My
offieiahstr^s Jgtitffis, are tüfeâç; Ï«li8ëitéd iflffihëcf ëebfds of the
Bengal government^'-
In the^hifhpgraph^ldf' P $ p |$ | efidea?
vowred« to Express, by apprdpriàte- lëttffisv! the Sounds; as