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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE.
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island from the main, and landed on a sandy-
beach, and walked up to the pagoda, which is
but a small distance from the landing-place, as
the foot of the hill on which it is erected is
washed by the river in the rains. On our way
we were met by the third whoon* of the palace
(accidentally); he stopped and inquired kindly
after my health, and said he wished to be better
acquainted with me; that his majesty had ap-
pointed him to go with the army to Vizalley;
that he meant to return by the way of Calcutta,
and would be obliged to me for letters of recom-
mendation and introduction. I told him I should
be happy to render him any service in my power.
We then parted, he proceeding to his own house,
and we towards the looto or public court of the
whoonghecs. The rayhoon requested I would
pull of my hat in passing the looto, as the whoon-
ghees were there, a compliment which I begged
leave to decline paying, as being inconsistent
with my public situation. When we came a-breast
of the looto, (an open shed with a raised platform
about four feet from the ground, and thatched),
the rayhoon desired us to stop a little. The
second whoonghee who is also generalissimo of
his majesty's forces, was sitting in the looto in his
* Whoon a term applied to the household establishment of
the king and royal family : for instance, the heir-apparent's
first whoon is considered as his prime minister.
103
island from the main, and landed on a sandy-
beach, and walked up to the pagoda, which is
but a small distance from the landing-place, as
the foot of the hill on which it is erected is
washed by the river in the rains. On our way
we were met by the third whoon* of the palace
(accidentally); he stopped and inquired kindly
after my health, and said he wished to be better
acquainted with me; that his majesty had ap-
pointed him to go with the army to Vizalley;
that he meant to return by the way of Calcutta,
and would be obliged to me for letters of recom-
mendation and introduction. I told him I should
be happy to render him any service in my power.
We then parted, he proceeding to his own house,
and we towards the looto or public court of the
whoonghecs. The rayhoon requested I would
pull of my hat in passing the looto, as the whoon-
ghees were there, a compliment which I begged
leave to decline paying, as being inconsistent
with my public situation. When we came a-breast
of the looto, (an open shed with a raised platform
about four feet from the ground, and thatched),
the rayhoon desired us to stop a little. The
second whoonghee who is also generalissimo of
his majesty's forces, was sitting in the looto in his
* Whoon a term applied to the household establishment of
the king and royal family : for instance, the heir-apparent's
first whoon is considered as his prime minister.