were not likely to correspond, without a derogatory concession on one
yjtiilfifim&g»rfuJd t^are .i^ jin n f a A fijjpf .nf l t ^ p p ^ ^ »ftypp^y,
pterins afimijitual good willandfriendship.
' P@kkP%$gsk> tfcpfc tUKtijtattS
would takp auch^ja arrival had.begn,rfyhusgMhSSggn
. .the ,c6mdr a i ^ th e authors, t;pfimy departure
pi^asuxef he appeared asked,—“ What is ft $ 9«.
desire?’’.Lreplied,jnunedi^egrelease from;aIlj)ersQp^.^psjMtty4 ihatj||$?
spies which,, weE^.staUon^ the;Spj!-i|prspSJ| ^ ^ g ;
accompaniedeveiy boat that left, or eame to,.the ship)tsb p ^d j 3p^gp.pYj|^,;
that. my. servants should have, the; same, fibertyUfot-.thi&jierBaafai Qfyuffcf#
.strangers , enjoyed, with deave to purchase what they .y^antfd^iitbsfeteW?
from the shipping .in(,the,.riyer:; should, .have free ,access.,,; apcfdh©;.c&ip-
manders permission to visit me; that Mr. Wood shoubihgye, safe. qondwcf
to the Viceroy, of Pegue, tp receive, in person, either a verbal; arbnovrledg.
ment of the Gpyeraor General’s letter, and.-aninyitation to me to visit
Pegue, or bring, with hipi a written reply: that unlessgthese reasonable
-requisitions were acceded to, 1 must beg leave to depart, which I should do
on.the most amicable .terms; and only regret that the. public character I had
the honour to .fill, did not admit of concessions on my part, which would
be considered as humiliating by my countrymen. To .this Baba-Sheen
answered,in his;former strain, endeavouring to amuse me by a story quite
impertinent to the subject. I told him it was very well.;. the English and
Birman nations, I hoped, would long continue to maintain a friendly inter-
tepurse: at the . same time begged to .be favoured with his commands to
Calcutta. . He then .entreated of, me. to lay aside my intention,• and assigned
as a reason for the Viceroy’s not writing, that he had no person with him
Wh^fenderstosM^ifits#S^D's^to|So'T English:viJhis$|lj^i%91ff( true,-Tor I knew*
- that thefcMussuIrrrcrrif,mu chant, \\lio^ntt4{irctc<b owjtik^Sind, §ajppd; the
lutdt s,tTtoJhim;.Mn' owleirtdqu\pIairv,ttlLcmi'-*P4'Mnig5Lhdt:f.'ftas^dt,fci^ined,
he Said h^t^uldfM&xilil tha^Rfe)^09t4'iand^g^e^e»i«'i;e^^si,i|',^o.fafid%-
bobft :difh%h.err fddK*hr^l,eavfe • * 'k
At Emp’o^clPck, Mi W ood ^arVddhys'ifemicfeh.licr’Rayu too^i. aio
Shoten at «tfuuiublUt'ion; thetstn> true aLcoirfji uucd’ib) iVntimire 1 iw ra i 1liof
■folloiveis; among lOthei s tJiL’^Vak lia m atteiulcddo^M^lftfj^Jnt^arait^tngt
conversation Vt thistfmtuvisrvp evert persutsive art* vs 1 ssifscd>,u),’pi e v affc
on me tSiS'wS^flmV,,mtenl lonTthdcpai tiife? vv rthouWlhciPa^setmn^SiSmy5
•!||ifi|Rj&tuA,fy they’cvddbcondcscendcd to* ask 11 as a*ff\oui IM’rt'mcfuV
con’linn‘ett«nillt\jl>Ic; at i‘Heu dcsirC^ftaei apitutatcd*
alone I-would Consent to1 icmain. | After*ttflkin’g!. frjr-dfftbhhours topro
pappose, and olluiug to yield m sane.sthihgs^Tht-^ lit length agreedVo-
ii l e up-*evcry point Mr Wood was* io^aeo()mpahy-’>BdlHt bIiet5iw%
Pegue; the tapfainsof the English ships Wcfc‘ tfwfhaVe heL“;a('ce^sf^Pour
attendants -liberty to ' purchase what they wanted* and tfdr^(#wfiii£'Tliuy
pleased ; the spies stationed on board thdSOa ‘Iloiso* weirinpKrrCn$ftf<?df$
and boats «sMefted to pass from theMhijif'i o tht* shoTfe-'Wlfcftifrrf ft Birm irl
tSmtinel. Ihese mattcis'1 being' stipulated, and a< piVrit tu a l' perfoftnanui
solemnly promised, ! relinquished my design, o f;g,6ih^fawa^#MpJjfh'ef pre-
s'gnff ’and we parted with appardfit contentment and 'good hunfdfu tin
Jbo'th Sides«'
'T h e morning of the 29th produced a satisfactory-’adjds^tmeiiti o f every
pbiiit. iti contention, b y 1 an.Unqualified fequiesce'hcd^o^me/pMi'D'dfithe
* The letters orthe Governor General to the Emporoi anTtffe Viceroy, Wof£ written in
Blrnaan* Sfersian, aid English. I always wrote in Persian, and its EngllsSl1 !