invitation from.' his' Excellency to pay him a visit'at Pegue, whither he
should have the honour to attend
Beingffirnished with d|ij|Ecates:of: all my official papers, and apprised
that the letter ’ from' thé Governor General to the Viceroy'Was merely com-
'plimentary,fj[‘ihought it a fit-opportunity to manifest a confidence ihddm,
in the hope that it might produce a liberal return; . 1^ therefore told him*
that although it was contrary to our practice to- entrust official? papers to
Othet than a, cööfiifeEfial servant, yet, to manifest the-reliance: I'S a d ^ ^ h is
goéd will, I would take Upon me, in the .present caSe,.tawave all form,Jaffld
with pleasure, commit to him the delivery of the letter from the Governor
General, together with one from myself. During this cQpfêfence-1 discovered
that Baba-Sheen understood my meaning in Persian, although he
could not himself speak i t ; he, however, spoke the languagfeoSHindoSta«
in an imperfect manner, but sufficient to express intelligibl^wh^Ae-'wished
to convey, and we soon understood each other so well, as no! longer- ‘to
stand in meed of an interpreter. ' It was now late, a n d h e td o k h isle av e ,
with lavish professions'of respect and good inclination, 7
, The. delicacy pf my present situation caused me to considci serious] yfen
what, were the most eligible steps to pursue. The vigilant suspicion wifth
which I was guarded, and. the restriction, little short pfid’HrprisontfxeHt,
imposed. on myself and my attendants, aggravated by thé- humiliating
prohibition against holding any intercourse w ithm y own-’-couritrynièn,
seemed to augur an unfavourable issue to the mission, and were sufficient
to warrant my availing myself of a clause in: my instructions, that gave me
a discretionary power to return, without further explanation,in case'I
judged it.expedient. Reflecting, however, that to withdraw in disgust,
before I had further communication with higher authority, would, in the
presen t|kl'agabJ^^bttsimess',^ly,'S£iKe.Htp|iGpnfix:m ^ e i^ * s p p icipn8riand
ria.tfi. th'atejealousv pMtGt^fc.the, mission
fjoferemoye:,, e ^ .e ^m le d
o hdMb» qnnrti.wftraytni.rri.i ca-I t(^he^ppl!ttef e M ^ |^ ^ TsisJm%whi^ p r^wn
af a d ^ ^ p ^ ^ ra^gnQr^n1tand'jat^flo^ l} p ^ | to|nc^.u^\^^.ghing
these considerations, .tn.yether^ j l A e ^ .e |^ ! ^ to iflg.^d.iesn§g » t e i.anfier
in whi ch t he depu t at ion n
fej^sbdir f c ^ ^ i^ sphjitatime Jpnggg^lQ rl^ i^m n e n c s s; of , my
siLnapim^.rhei than ta.kcIa,sti^/,sb divided asf tj^ x c |u^ c d ^ ia avenue of
h; t a f r i a r i t •<
'Wi is juoyii rig-jl shm n'tanomUiahitm.ion.
^ j n ^ ny as^and^iapctor Buchanan.;, w e ,g a in e d tijjg. ^ C jg ^ )d returned,
to the ship \u thou t c seeing, airy pi i sou of note - ^.h^'cvc^we^iijCCted
gimsteg;)Aree, or dgurjB irman^ cgtti^e|s .fpflowpd. tu^ T^lfiS.el^a. ^ ^ f e w e .
»wbijeat thejrhou.se’, a picsonMil milk,.yewisqn, fowls,4 and ,■vegetables, camo
-{fe^ithe G o v e rn o ra n d refeyen.haskptssrCj^j^:&, with a,
were'^e^t-pii-boar^, the,-Sea-ffox^fpc the jjsg
^ e r ^ r but-positi.v^yjrefuse4 ^yhe,messenger&s^yip^,he,was;;ms,t^Lt^d?t^,
rneerveiny;CppinjaUdg^teYf^a^yer^ie^ri^s-^e, might* require., Nofany;■
person belonging to the mission was_ yqt-allowed;jjja^t^r the town, prvpur-
r Viay artiqles t , the jgarl^et. servant g^tojg*-^py a few, yards,
from! our,,dwelling, to fetch, water) without the ,£t tendance, of a Birman
hentinel; nQvcountry boat was, suffered tosapprqacb> us;n p r di^i any intercourse
pass,between the Sea-Horse, and the vessel in^hgjriyej. £&)
In this state of unpleasant restraint vfeijpassedithe 54thJand,25tl^j.ious
excursions f?om the ship extended no,farth,er;d;han .the insulatedjf^bit^d^i.
.* Clsrified bütter.