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74 JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
tions, but that it was absolutely necessary I
should be previously acquainted with every form
and ceremony required at my introduction, as
some mistakes had occurred on a former occa-
sion, which were unpleasant and improper; and
that, in order to avoid being subjected to any
thing of the kind, I was determined to know what
I was to expect before I quitted my bungaloAv.
I therefore requested of him to obtain for me a
written document, authenticated by the may-
hoon, specifying minutely the mode and manner
in which I was to be received; this he promised
to obtain for me. He said nothing on the subject
of the Vizaddee business.
February 7. It being evident to me that the
Burmhan government wished to precipitate my au-
dience, without coming to any previous explana-
tion, I therefore deemed it expedient, in order to
avoid further delay or evasion, to send Mr. Burnett,
my own interpreter, Mr. Rowland, and Mr. Mon-
courtuse, the government translator, to inform the
mewwhoon of the substance of the rayhoon's in-
formation last night, and my reply ; and to deliver
the following message:—" That I earnestly re-
quested of his excellency immediately to procure
the settlement of the preliminaries of my recep-
tion at court, and of my interview with the whoon-
ghees; for until that arrived, I could not move
from my house: that I had the firmest reliance
tions, but that it was absolutely necessary I
should be previously acquainted with every form
and ceremony required at my introduction, as
some mistakes had occurred on a former occa-
sion, which were unpleasant and improper; and
that, in order to avoid being subjected to any
thing of the kind, I was determined to know what
I was to expect before I quitted my bungaloAv.
I therefore requested of him to obtain for me a
written document, authenticated by the may-
hoon, specifying minutely the mode and manner
in which I was to be received; this he promised
to obtain for me. He said nothing on the subject
of the Vizaddee business.
February 7. It being evident to me that the
Burmhan government wished to precipitate my au-
dience, without coming to any previous explana-
tion, I therefore deemed it expedient, in order to
avoid further delay or evasion, to send Mr. Burnett,
my own interpreter, Mr. Rowland, and Mr. Mon-
courtuse, the government translator, to inform the
mewwhoon of the substance of the rayhoon's in-
formation last night, and my reply ; and to deliver
the following message:—" That I earnestly re-
quested of his excellency immediately to procure
the settlement of the preliminaries of my recep-
tion at court, and of my interview with the whoon-
ghees; for until that arrived, I could not move
from my house: that I had the firmest reliance