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100 JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
the palace, he was admitted into the garden with
the presents, and found the young prince in the
palace-garden with his uncle the prince of Prone.
He was highly delighted with the presents, par-
ticularly the glass-ware. He carried the whole to
his grandfather, who was seated at some distance,
with only a red silk lungce round his loins, and
a white muslin fillet round his head. When my
hat was presented to his majesty he put it on his
head, and kept it on for some time. He said this
is a high proof of the Resident's regard for me, he
has given me the hat he has worn himself; he
could not do more for his own Sovereign." He
then took it off, and gave it to his grandson to
have it laid by carefully; the boy said, " I will
wear this when I go in the war-boats." " No,
no," said the king, " it is not for you." He then
asked the rayhoon, if he had told me, that he
had given orders for my being obeyed as Resident
at Rangoon, (which I forgot to mention above,)
and whether I was pleased? The rayhoon an-
swered in the affirmative. The king then desired
the rayhoon to tell me to ask him for any tiling I
wanted, and it should be granted. The rayhoon
said he believed I would like to have a pair of
elephants. Some of the courtiers observed, that
the viceroy of Pegu had only two; that he
wanted to make me equal to the mayhoon; and
that it was not proper to raise me too high at
the palace, he was admitted into the garden with
the presents, and found the young prince in the
palace-garden with his uncle the prince of Prone.
He was highly delighted with the presents, par-
ticularly the glass-ware. He carried the whole to
his grandfather, who was seated at some distance,
with only a red silk lungce round his loins, and
a white muslin fillet round his head. When my
hat was presented to his majesty he put it on his
head, and kept it on for some time. He said this
is a high proof of the Resident's regard for me, he
has given me the hat he has worn himself; he
could not do more for his own Sovereign." He
then took it off, and gave it to his grandson to
have it laid by carefully; the boy said, " I will
wear this when I go in the war-boats." " No,
no," said the king, " it is not for you." He then
asked the rayhoon, if he had told me, that he
had given orders for my being obeyed as Resident
at Rangoon, (which I forgot to mention above,)
and whether I was pleased? The rayhoon an-
swered in the affirmative. The king then desired
the rayhoon to tell me to ask him for any tiling I
wanted, and it should be granted. The rayhoon
said he believed I would like to have a pair of
elephants. Some of the courtiers observed, that
the viceroy of Pegu had only two; that he
wanted to make me equal to the mayhoon; and
that it was not proper to raise me too high at