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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE.
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which is further denoted by the gold chains
they wear. The inferior courtiers' dress and
caps were made of satin trimmed with narrow
gold lace, but in form the same as the vice-
roy's. In the avenue immediately fronting
the throne, was placed, first, the stands with
the letters and presents in a row, on a line with
that of the princes; next the chests of treasure,
then the coining machinery. The carriage was
drawn up close to the outside of the arcade,
about forty feet to the eastward of the throne,
and within view of his majesty. In the rear of
the treasure chests, and immediately in front of
the throne, at the distance of about sixty feet
from it, I and my suite were seated. About
ten feet in front of me, to the left, was the
mayhoon, or viceroy ; and in a line with me to
the left the rayhoon of Rangoon. In front, a
little to the left also, were two sandogans; and
in the rear, to the right, the shabunder Jhansey.
After I had been seated about twenty minutes, a
man, dressed in white, came into the enclosed
place within the throne from the rear, as if to
arrange the cushions on it, and, immediately
after he had retired, his majesty entered, and
seated himself on the throne. He was dressed
in white muslin with a gold border, and had on
a crown shaped something like a mitre, about fif-
teen inches in height, but how ornamented I was
89
which is further denoted by the gold chains
they wear. The inferior courtiers' dress and
caps were made of satin trimmed with narrow
gold lace, but in form the same as the vice-
roy's. In the avenue immediately fronting
the throne, was placed, first, the stands with
the letters and presents in a row, on a line with
that of the princes; next the chests of treasure,
then the coining machinery. The carriage was
drawn up close to the outside of the arcade,
about forty feet to the eastward of the throne,
and within view of his majesty. In the rear of
the treasure chests, and immediately in front of
the throne, at the distance of about sixty feet
from it, I and my suite were seated. About
ten feet in front of me, to the left, was the
mayhoon, or viceroy ; and in a line with me to
the left the rayhoon of Rangoon. In front, a
little to the left also, were two sandogans; and
in the rear, to the right, the shabunder Jhansey.
After I had been seated about twenty minutes, a
man, dressed in white, came into the enclosed
place within the throne from the rear, as if to
arrange the cushions on it, and, immediately
after he had retired, his majesty entered, and
seated himself on the throne. He was dressed
in white muslin with a gold border, and had on
a crown shaped something like a mitre, about fif-
teen inches in height, but how ornamented I was